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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Â鶹Íø of Colorado Boulder | 34 | 0% | $31,044 |
| 2 | Â鶹Íø of Washington-Seattle Campus | 29 | 0% | $27,638 |
| 3 | The Â鶹Íø of Texas at Austin | 28 | 0% | $26,506 |
| 4 | 27 | 0% | $36,652 | |
| 5 | Â鶹Íø of Maryland-College Park | 25 | 0% | $27,146 |
| 6 | Â鶹Íø of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 23 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 7 | Â鶹Íø of Virginia-Main Campus | 18 | 0% | $33,493 |
| 8 | Yale Â鶹Íø | 17 | 0% | $73,900 |
| 9 | Â鶹Íø of Arizona | 17 | 0% | $29,217 |
| 10 | Columbia Â鶹Íø in the City of New York | 14 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 11 | Â鶹Íø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 14 | 0% | $30,102 |
| 12 | Boston Â鶹Íø | 13 | 0% | $72,618 |
| 13 | Â鶹Íø of Florida | 13 | 0% | $21,211 |
| 14 | Â鶹Íø of Massachusetts-Amherst | 11 | 0% | $30,913 |
| 15 | Wesleyan Â鶹Íø | 9 | 1% | $72,669 |
| 16 | Indiana Â鶹Íø-Bloomington | 9 | 0% | $24,779 |
| 17 | 7 | 0% | $29,318 | |
| 18 | Mount Holyoke College | 7 | 1% | $66,558 |
| 19 | Â鶹Íø of California-Los Angeles | 7 | 0% | $34,620 |
| 20 | 6 | 0% | $27,367 | |
| 21 | State Â鶹Íø of New York at New Paltz | 6 | 0% | $25,641 |
| 22 | Â鶹Íø of Hawaii at Manoa | 6 | 0% | $29,858 |
| 23 | Â鶹Íø of Georgia | 5 | 0% | $26,688 |
| 24 | Central Michigan Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $24,889 |
| 25 | Brigham Young Â鶹Íø-Provo | 4 | 0% | $18,776 |
| 26 | Â鶹Íø of Wisconsin-Madison | 4 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 27 | Â鶹Íø of Kansas | 4 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 28 | Cornell Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $73,904 |
| 29 | Â鶹Íø of Iowa | 4 | 0% | $24,239 |
| 30 | Villanova Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $70,728 |
| 31 | Amherst College | 4 | 1% | $73,966 |
| 32 | Vassar College | 4 | 1% | $72,760 |
| 33 | 3 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 34 | 3 | 0% | $26,091 | |
| 35 | Smith College | 3 | 0% | $72,701 |
| 36 | George Mason Â鶹Íø | 3 | 0% | $30,284 |
| 37 | Monterey Peninsula College | 3 | 0% | $3,093 |
| 38 | Palomar College | 3 | 0% | $3,256 |
| 39 | Lee College | 2 | 0% | $3,543 |
| 40 | Â鶹Íø of Southern California | 2 | 0% | $74,825 |
| 41 | College of San Mateo | 2 | 0% | $3,135 |
| 42 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Â鶹Íø-Prescott | 2 | 0% | $53,046 |
| 43 | Â鶹Íø of Hawaii at Hilo | 2 | 0% | $20,530 |
| 44 | Santa Barbara City College | 2 | 0% | $3,054 |
| 45 | Williams College | 2 | 0% | $73,200 |
| 46 | Baylor Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $62,527 |
| 47 | Northern Arizona Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $27,266 |
| 48 | Wellesley College | 1 | 0% | $72,250 |
| 49 | Moorpark College | 1 | 0% | $3,179 |
| 50 | Haverford College | 1 | 0% | $73,902 |
| 51 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 0% | $74,359 |
| 52 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 0% | $70,860 |
| 53 | Saddleback College | 1 | 0% | $3,246 |
| 54 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 0% | $71,998 |
| 55 | Case Western Reserve Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $67,332 |
| 56 | Texas A & M Â鶹Íø-College Station | 1 | 0% | $29,506 |
| 57 | Santiago Canyon College | 1 | 0% | $3,071 |
| 58 | Â鶹Íø of California-Santa Cruz | 1 | 0% | $36,217 |
| 59 | Â鶹Íø of Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | 0% | $24,035 |
| 60 | Valparaiso Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $54,940 |
| 61 | Marlboro College | 1 | 2% | $56,458 |
| 62 | 1 | 0% | $22,851 | |
| 63 | El Camino Community College District | 1 | 0% | $3,064 |
| 64 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 0% | $71,167 |
| 65 | 1 | 0% | $21,320 | |
| 66 | Â鶹Íø of Toledo | 1 | 0% | $28,423 |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State Â鶹Íø-World Campus | 1 | 0% | $15,828 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Astronomy program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.