A program that focuses on the theoretical and observational study of the structure, properties, and behavior of stars, star systems and clusters, stellar life cycles, and related phenomena. Includes instruction in cosmology, plasma kinetics, stellar physics, convolution and non-equilibrium radiation transfer theory, non-Euclidean geometries, mathematical modeling, galactic structure theory, and relativistic astronomy.
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Top 25
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Astrophysics among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
| | Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA | 2
(1.2%) |  |  | |
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| | California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA | 2
(1.2%) |  | | |
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| | Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA | 4
(0.9%) | |  | |
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| | Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA | 3
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ | 9
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | Rice University
Houston, TX | 4
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | Colgate University
Hamilton, NY | 3
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 2
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA | 4
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA | 20
(0.3%) | |  | |
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