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University of Chicago
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University of Colorado Boulder
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University of Washington-Seattle Campus
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University of Virginia-Main Campus
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Amherst College
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Mount Holyoke College
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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Wesleyan University
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University of Florida
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Boston University
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Ohio State University-Main Campus
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University of Maryland-College Park
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Bryn Mawr College
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Villanova University
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University of Arizona
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Smith College
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Brigham Young University
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Hampshire College
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University of Hawaii at Hilo
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University of Georgia
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Cornell University
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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Yale University
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Dartmouth College
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Haverford College
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Case Western Reserve University
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Stony Brook University
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Whitman College
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Brown University
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Barnard College
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Wellesley College
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Columbia University in the City of New York
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Vassar College
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University of Southern California
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Valparaiso University
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Ohio Wesleyan University
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Indiana University-Bloomington
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University of Iowa
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University of Kansas
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Stonehill College
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San Diego State University
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Central Michigan University
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Ball State University
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Benedictine College
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George Mason University
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Northern Arizona University
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Wayne State University
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Montana State University
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University of Toledo
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Youngstown State University
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Valdosta State University
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Drake University
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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.
While Astronomy offers degrees up to the Post masters certificate, the majority of students earn a Masters degree. Students major in Astronomy all over the country, though the major at the Bachelors degree level sees the most graduates in Colorado. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy is $51,867.
Some top careers related to Astronomy, include Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary and Astronomers, both of which have many employment opportunities. Though there are careers that pay more, such as Natural Sciences Managers. the most in-demand position for Astronomy majors is Natural Sciences Managers.
These are the highest paying careers for Astronomy majors.
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