A general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. Includes instruction in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and molecular constituents of astronomical phenomena, planetary science, solar system evolution, and specific methodologies such as optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and theoretical astronomy.
| A major in Astronomy is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 42
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Astronomy among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI | 8
(1.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA | 4
(1.2%) | |  | |
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| | Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT | 5
(0.7%) |  |  | |
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| | Williams College
Williamstown, MA | 3
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH | 3
(0.4%) |  | | |
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| | Haverford College
Haverford, PA | 1
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 2
(0.3%) |  | | |
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| | Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY | 2
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO | 18
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Smith College
Northampton, MA | 2
(0.3%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.