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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

schools offer it

838

grads per year

$65,987

median pay 5 yrs out

$60,953-$90,943

typical range

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85 schools shown

School	Div	State	Grads/yr	Median pay 5 yrs out
University of California, Berkeley	D1	CA	46	$90,943
University of Washington	D1	WA	38	n/a
The Ohio State University	D1	OH	36	n/a
University of California, Los Angeles	D1	CA	30	n/a
University of Texas at Austin	D1	TX	29	$65,987
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida)	D2	FL	28	n/a
University of Wisconsin-Madison	D1	WI	28	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	D1	PA	27	$60,953
University of Arizona	D1	AZ	26	n/a
University of Maryland, College Park	D1	MD	26	n/a
Florida Institute of Technology	D2	FL	25	n/a
Michigan State University	D1	MI	24	n/a
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	D1	IL	23	n/a
University of Chicago	D3	IL	22	n/a
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	D1	MA	21	n/a
University of Florida	D1	FL	19	n/a
University of Michigan	D1	MI	19	n/a
Harvard University	D1	MA	18	n/a
Boston University	D1	MA	17	n/a
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	D1	MN	17	n/a
Columbia University-Barnard College	D1	NY	15	n/a
Indiana University, Bloomington	D1	IN	13	n/a
Princeton University	D1	NJ	13	n/a
Brigham Young University	D1	UT	13	n/a
Yale University	D1	CT	12	n/a
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	D1	NJ	11	n/a
Cornell University	D1	NY	10	n/a
University of Oklahoma	D1	OK	10	n/a
College of Charleston (South Carolina)	D1	SC	10	n/a
University of Virginia	D1	VA	10	n/a
University of Hawaii at Hilo	D2	HI	9	n/a
Stony Brook University	D1	NY	9	n/a
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)	D3	CT	8	n/a
University of Hawaii, Manoa	D1	HI	8	n/a
Smith College	D3	MA	8	n/a
Case Western Reserve University	D3	OH	8	n/a
Villanova University	D1	PA	8	n/a
University of Georgia	D1	GA	7	n/a
Butler University	D1	IN	7	n/a
Wellesley College	D3	MA	7	n/a
University of Kansas	D1	KS	6	n/a
Tufts University	D3	MA	6	n/a
Central Michigan University	D1	MI	6	n/a
University of Toledo	D1	OH	6	n/a
Swarthmore College	D3	PA	6	n/a
University of Iowa	D1	IA	5	n/a
University of New Mexico	D1	NM	5	n/a
Franklin & Marshall College	D3	PA	5	n/a
Haverford College	D3	PA	5	n/a
Lycoming College	D3	PA	5	n/a
Baylor University	D1	TX	5	n/a
Emory University	D3	GA	4	n/a
Amherst College	D3	MA	4	n/a
Williams College	D3	MA	4	n/a
Dartmouth College	D1	NH	4	n/a
Colgate University	D1	NY	4	n/a
Youngstown State University	D1	OH	4	n/a
San Diego State University	D1	CA	3	n/a
Washington University in St. Louis	D3	MO	3	n/a
Ohio University	D1	OH	3	n/a
Carnegie Mellon University	D3	PA	3	n/a
George Mason University	D1	VA	3	n/a
Agnes Scott College	D3	GA	2	n/a
Valdosta State University	D2	GA	2	n/a
Drake University	D1	IA	2	n/a
Concordia College, Moorhead	D3	MN	2	n/a
Ohio Wesleyan University	D3	OH	2	n/a
Lehigh University	D1	PA	2	n/a
Brown University	D1	RI	2	n/a
University of Delaware	D1	DE	1	n/a
George Washington University	D1	DC	1	n/a
Ball State University	D1	IN	1	n/a
Valparaiso University	D1	IN	1	n/a
Stonehill College	D1	MA	1	n/a
Siena University	D1	NY	1	n/a
State University of New York at New Paltz	D3	NY	1	n/a
Union College (New York)	D3	NY	1	n/a
Marietta College	D3	OH	1	n/a
University of Pittsburgh	D1	PA	1	n/a
DePaul University	D1	IL	?	n/a
Colby College	D3	ME	?	n/a
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	D3	MA	?	n/a
Wayne State University (Michigan)	D2	MI	?	n/a
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	D1	NV	?	n/a
San Francisco State University	D2	CA	?	n/a