Astronomy Programs

Astronomy is offered at 162 institutions across the United States. Bachelor graduates earn a median salary ranging from $65,987 to $90,943, with the highest-earning program at University of California-Berkeley ($90,943). The most common degree level is Bachelor (113), followed by Master (48) and Doctoral (48).

Bachelor (113) · Master (48) · Doctoral (48) · Associate (31) · Graduate Certificate (3) · Undergraduate Certificate (6)

Bachelor (113)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Colorado Boulder CO $72,698 76
University of California-Berkeley CA $90,943 46
University of California-Santa Cruz CA Not reported 40
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 38
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 36
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 30
The University of Texas at Austin TX $65,987 29
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 28
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL Not reported 28
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $66,759 27
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 26
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 26
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 25
Michigan State University MI Not reported 24
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 23
University of Chicago IL Not reported 22
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 21
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 19
University of Florida FL Not reported 19
Harvard University MA Not reported 18
Boston University MA Not reported 17
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 17
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 15
Princeton University NJ Not reported 13
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 13
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 13
Yale University CT Not reported 12
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ Not reported 12
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported 11
Cornell University NY Not reported 10
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 10
College of Charleston SC Not reported 10
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 10
Whitman College WA Not reported 10
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 9
University of Hawaii at Hilo HI Not reported 9
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 9
Northern Arizona University AZ Not reported 8
Smith College MA Not reported 8
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 8
Villanova University PA Not reported 8
Wesleyan University CT Not reported 8
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 8
Wellesley College MA Not reported 7
Vassar College NY Not reported 7
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 7
University of Georgia GA Not reported 7
Butler University IN Not reported 7
University of Kansas KS Not reported 6
Tufts University MA Not reported 6
Central Michigan University MI Not reported 6
University of Toledo OH Not reported 6
Swarthmore College PA Not reported 6
University of Wyoming WY Not reported 6
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott AZ Not reported 5
University of Iowa IA Not reported 5
Mount Holyoke College MA Not reported 5
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 5
Franklin and Marshall College PA Not reported 5
Haverford College PA Not reported 5
Lycoming College PA Not reported 5
Baylor University TX Not reported 5
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 4
Amherst College MA Not reported 4
Williams College MA Not reported 4
Dartmouth College NH Not reported 4
Colgate University NY Not reported 4
Youngstown State University OH Not reported 4
University of Southern California CA Not reported 4
Emory University GA Not reported 4
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 3
Ohio University-Main Campus OH Not reported 3
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 3
Rice University TX Not reported 3
Bennington College VT Not reported 3
San Diego State University CA Not reported 3
Drake University IA Not reported 2
Barnard College NY Not reported 2
Ohio Wesleyan University OH Not reported 2
Bryn Mawr College PA Not reported 2
Lehigh University PA Not reported 2
Texas Christian University TX Not reported 2
Agnes Scott College GA Not reported 2
Valdosta State University GA Not reported 2
Benedictine College KS Not reported 1
Stonehill College MA Not reported 1
Montana State University MT Not reported 1
State University of New York at New Paltz NY Not reported 1
Union College NY Not reported 1
Marietta College OH Not reported 1
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 1
University of Delaware DE Not reported 1
Ball State University IN Not reported 1
Valparaiso University IN Not reported 0
Colby College ME Not reported 0
Hampshire College MA Not reported 0
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) MA Not reported 0
Wayne State University MI Not reported 0
Concordia College at Moorhead MN Not reported Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY Not reported Not reported
Siena College NY Not reported 0
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH Not reported 0
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH Not reported 0
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH Not reported 0
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH Not reported 0
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH Not reported 0
Brown University RI Not reported 0
George Mason University VA Not reported 0
San Francisco State University CA Not reported Not reported
George Washington University DC Not reported 0
Oglethorpe University GA Not reported 0
DePaul University IL Not reported 0

Master (48)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Yale University CT Not reported 20
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 17
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 16
Harvard University MA Not reported 14
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 10
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 10
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 10
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 8
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 8
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 8
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 8
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM Not reported 7
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 7
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 7
University of California-Santa Cruz CA Not reported 6
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Not reported 6
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 6
University of Florida FL Not reported 6
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 6
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 6
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 5
Cornell University NY Not reported 5
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 5
San Diego State University CA Not reported 5
Northwestern University IL Not reported 5
Show all 48 Master programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Boston University MA Not reported 4
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 4
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 4
University of Iowa IA Not reported 3
Michigan State University MI Not reported 3
Princeton University NJ Not reported 3
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 3
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 3
Northern Arizona University AZ Not reported 2
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 2
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 2
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 2
San Francisco State University CA Not reported 2
Wesleyan University CT Not reported 2
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 1
Iowa State University IA Not reported 1
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 0
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY Not reported Not reported
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Not reported 0
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 0
Hampton University VA Not reported 0
University of Chicago IL Not reported 0

Doctoral (48)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Harvard University MA Not reported 21
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 16
Princeton University NJ Not reported 16
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 13
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 10
Northwestern University IL Not reported 10
Northern Arizona University AZ Not reported 9
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 9
University of Chicago IL Not reported 8
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 7
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 7
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 7
Georgia State University GA Not reported 7
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 6
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Not reported 6
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 6
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 6
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 6
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 5
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 5
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 5
Boston University MA Not reported 5
Michigan State University MI Not reported 5
University of California-Santa Cruz CA Not reported 5
Vanderbilt University TN Not reported 5
Show all 48 Doctoral programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 5
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 5
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 4
Cornell University NY Not reported 4
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 4
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 4
Yale University CT Not reported 4
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 3
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM Not reported 3
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 3
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 2
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 2
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 2
University of Florida FL Not reported 2
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 1
Iowa State University IA Not reported 1
Texas Christian University TX Not reported 1
Hampton University VA Not reported 1
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 0
Brown University RI Not reported 0
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 0
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 0

Associate (31)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Saddleback College CA Not reported 3
Scottsdale Community College AZ Not reported 1
Cabrillo College CA Not reported 1
Fullerton College CA Not reported 1
Monterey Peninsula College CA Not reported 1
Orange Coast College CA Not reported 1
Chandler-Gilbert Community College AZ Not reported 1
Santiago Canyon College CA Not reported 1
Solano Community College CA Not reported 1
GateWay Community College AZ Not reported 0
Mesa Community College AZ Not reported 0
Phoenix College AZ Not reported 0
Rio Salado College AZ Not reported 0
South Mountain Community College AZ Not reported 0
Dodge City Community College KS Not reported 0
Crafton Hills College CA Not reported 0
El Camino Community College District CA Not reported 0
Glendale Community College CA Not reported 0
Hartnell College CA Not reported 0
Irvine Valley College CA Not reported 0
MiraCosta College CA Not reported 0
Moorpark College CA Not reported 0
Palomar College CA Not reported 0
Lee College TX Not reported 0
Paradise Valley Community College AZ Not reported 0
Show all 31 Associate programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Estrella Mountain Community College AZ Not reported 0
San Diego City College CA Not reported 0
Santa Barbara City College CA Not reported 0
San Bernardino Valley College CA Not reported 0
Southwestern College CA Not reported 0
North Idaho College ID Not reported 0

Graduate Certificate (3)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 10
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 0
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (6)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 2
Palomar College CA Not reported 1
University of Kansas KS Not reported 0
Calvin University MI Not reported 0
Temple University PA Not reported 0
Moorpark College CA Not reported 0