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Best Colleges for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 13 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $26,989 $74,768 $114,494 $81,447
2 University of Georgia GA $28,392 $73,565 $76,015 $81,287
3 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities MN $40,342 $73,014 $83,557 $77,592
4 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $38,692 $70,441 $107,201 $71,805
5 Ohio State University (The) OH $37,316 $70,012 $107,201 $77,705
6 University of Virginia VA $52,354 $69,727 $87,772 $68,026
7 University of Texas at Austin TX $46,532 $69,418 $77,273 $75,372
8 University of Wisconsin - Madison WI $40,342 $67,174 $88,563 $70,635
9 University of Colorado Boulder CO $38,592 $67,000 $90,582 $63,749
10 Northern Arizona University AZ $33,372 $59,253 $82,929 $55,637
11 Indiana University - Bloomington IN $32,324 $58,065 $62,818 $64,231
12 University of Arizona (The) AZ $49,855 $54,993 $93,589 $51,637
13 University of Hawaii at Hilo HI $38,692 $38,509 $78,529 $20,929

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.