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.
| A major in Astrophysics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 24
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Astrophysics among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA | 4
(1.9%) |  |  | |
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| | Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA | 6
(1.6%) |  | | |
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| | Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA | 2
(1.0%) | | | |
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| | Williams College
Williamstown, MA | 4
(0.8%) | |  | |
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| | Colgate University
Hamilton, NY | 5
(0.7%) | | | |
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| | Connecticut College
New London, CT | 3
(0.7%) | | - | |
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| | Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH | 2
(0.5%) |  | | |
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| | University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA | 18
(0.5%) |  | - | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 3
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | Princeton University
Princeton, NJ | 5
(0.4%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.