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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.
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| A major in Astronomy is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 44
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Astronomy among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO | 23
(0.4%) |  |  |
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| | University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX | 13
(0.2%) |  | |
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| | University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ | 12
(0.2%) | | |
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| | University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA | 11
(0.2%) | | |
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| | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA | 10
(0.1%) | |  |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA | 8
(0.2%) | | |
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| | Boston University
Boston, MA | 8
(0.2%) | |  |
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| | University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD | 8
(0.1%) |  | |
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| | University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI | 8
(1.5%) | | |
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| | Brigham Young University
Provo, UT | 8
(0.1%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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