Astronomy and Astrophysics
114 colleges offer Astronomy and Astrophysics in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $58,112, from $37,456 at the lowest program to $78,768 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $32,894 on average, from $19,258 at the lowest program to $42,770 at the highest.
Is an Astronomy and Astrophysics degree worth it?
Across 5 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $37,212 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $22,853 and $42,379. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $76,676.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 114
- Average Debt on Graduation: $58,112
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $32,894
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| University of York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wyoming | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Whitman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| George Mason University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rice University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baylor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of Charleston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Villanova University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Swarthmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lycoming College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lehigh University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Haverford College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Youngstown State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Toledo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Eastern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Case Western Reserve University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Vassar College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| United States Military Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Union College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stony Brook University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colgate University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Barnard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Princeton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dartmouth College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wayne State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Williams College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wellesley College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tufts University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stonehill College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Smith College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Holyoke College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Harvard University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Boston University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Amherst College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colby College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Benedictine College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drake University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Valparaiso University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Butler University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ball State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Valdosta State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oglethorpe University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emory University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agnes Scott College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Delaware | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Yale University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Southern California | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Diego State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northern Arizona University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,258 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,853 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Bachelor's Degree | $78,768 | $76,676 | $37,212 |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,379 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | $37,456 | No data | $42,770 |
| University of British Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Siena College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington University in St Louis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia College at Moorhead | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Suffolk University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| DePaul University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| George Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |