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 | Â鶹Íø of Arizona | 17 | 0% | $29,217 |
| 9 | Yale Â鶹Íø | 17 | 0% | $73,900 |
| 10 | Â鶹Íø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 14 | 0% | $30,102 |
| 11 | Columbia Â鶹Íø in the City of New York | 14 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 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 | Â鶹Íø of California-Los Angeles | 7 | 0% | $34,620 |
| 19 | Mount Holyoke College | 7 | 1% | $66,558 |
| 20 | 6 | 0% | $27,367 | |
| 21 | Â鶹Íø of Hawaii at Manoa | 6 | 0% | $29,858 |
| 22 | State Â鶹Íø of New York at New Paltz | 6 | 0% | $25,641 |
| 23 | Â鶹Íø of Georgia | 5 | 0% | $26,688 |
| 24 | Brigham Young Â鶹Íø-Provo | 4 | 0% | $18,776 |
| 25 | Villanova Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $70,728 |
| 26 | Vassar College | 4 | 1% | $72,760 |
| 27 | Â鶹Íø of Iowa | 4 | 0% | $24,239 |
| 28 | Â鶹Íø of Wisconsin-Madison | 4 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 29 | Â鶹Íø of Kansas | 4 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 30 | Cornell Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $73,904 |
| 31 | Amherst College | 4 | 1% | $73,966 |
| 32 | Central Michigan Â鶹Íø | 4 | 0% | $24,889 |
| 33 | Monterey Peninsula College | 3 | 0% | $3,093 |
| 34 | Palomar College | 3 | 0% | $3,256 |
| 35 | 3 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 36 | Smith College | 3 | 0% | $72,701 |
| 37 | George Mason Â鶹Íø | 3 | 0% | $30,284 |
| 38 | 3 | 0% | $26,091 | |
| 39 | Lee College | 2 | 0% | $3,543 |
| 40 | College of San Mateo | 2 | 0% | $3,135 |
| 41 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Â鶹Íø-Prescott | 2 | 0% | $53,046 |
| 42 | Â鶹Íø of Hawaii at Hilo | 2 | 0% | $20,530 |
| 43 | Santa Barbara City College | 2 | 0% | $3,054 |
| 44 | Â鶹Íø of Southern California | 2 | 0% | $74,825 |
| 45 | Williams College | 2 | 0% | $73,200 |
| 46 | Santiago Canyon College | 1 | 0% | $3,071 |
| 47 | Â鶹Íø of Nevada-Las Vegas | 1 | 0% | $24,035 |
| 48 | Valparaiso Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $54,940 |
| 49 | Marlboro College | 1 | 2% | $56,458 |
| 50 | Texas A & M Â鶹Íø-College Station | 1 | 0% | $29,506 |
| 51 | Wellesley College | 1 | 0% | $72,250 |
| 52 | 1 | 0% | $22,851 | |
| 53 | 1 | 0% | $21,320 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State Â鶹Íø-World Campus | 1 | 0% | $15,828 |
| 55 | Â鶹Íø of California-Santa Cruz | 1 | 0% | $36,217 |
| 56 | Moorpark College | 1 | 0% | $3,179 |
| 57 | Case Western Reserve Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $67,332 |
| 58 | Â鶹Íø of Toledo | 1 | 0% | $28,423 |
| 59 | Swarthmore College | 1 | 0% | $71,167 |
| 60 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1 | 0% | $71,998 |
| 61 | Saddleback College | 1 | 0% | $3,246 |
| 62 | Bryn Mawr College | 1 | 0% | $70,860 |
| 63 | Dartmouth College | 1 | 0% | $74,359 |
| 64 | Haverford College | 1 | 0% | $73,902 |
| 65 | El Camino Community College District | 1 | 0% | $3,064 |
| 66 | Baylor Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $62,527 |
| 67 | Northern Arizona Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $27,266 |
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.