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Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,526 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology School for You

Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology is the #234 most popular major in the country with 1,140 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for meteorology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Atmospheric Sciences

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for atmospheric sciences and meteorology students. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW undergraduate students pay an average of $16,957 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State are $31,470 per year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU - Boulder are $38,358 a year.

CU - Boulder also claimed a spot on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

U of U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Atmospheric Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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$27,502 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $27,502 per year.

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Best Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Colleges by State

Explore the best atmospheric sciences and meteorology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 58
Utah 23
Wyoming 3

One of 8 majors within the area of study, atmospheric sciences and meteorology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Meteorology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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