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 6
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Astronomy among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Williams College
Williamstown, MA | 3
(0.6%) |  |  | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 2
(0.3%) |  | | |
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| | Smith College
Northampton, MA | 2
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA | 1
(0.2%) |  | | |
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| | Boston University
Boston, MA | 7
(0.2%) | | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA | 3
(0.1%) | |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.