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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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Wesleyan University
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
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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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Villanova University
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Bryn Mawr College
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University of Arizona
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
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Smith College
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Brigham Young University
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Hampshire College
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Cornell University
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Yale University
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University of Georgia
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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Dartmouth College
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University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Columbia University in the City of New York
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Haverford College
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Case Western Reserve University
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Whitman College
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Brown University
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Stony Brook University
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Wellesley College
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Barnard College
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Vassar College
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University of Southern California
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Indiana University-Bloomington
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Ohio Wesleyan University
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Valparaiso University
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University of Iowa
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University of Kansas
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San Diego State University
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Stonehill College
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Drake University
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Central Michigan University
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Benedictine College
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George Mason University
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Ball State University
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Wayne State University
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Northern Arizona 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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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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