Astronomy and Astrophysics

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0201 - 40.0299.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 120 institutions across the United States, with a total of 4721 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,035

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

253

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

269

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,148

awards given

Top Schools for Astronomy and Astrophysics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	318
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	168
3	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	161
4	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	159
5	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	156
6	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	153
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	153
8	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	147
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	129
10	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	123
11	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	114
12	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	108
13	Yale University New Haven, CT	108
14	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	105
15	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	99
16	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	96
17	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	96
18	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	90
19	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	90
20	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL	90
21	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	84
22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	81
23	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	81
24	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	81
25	Boston University Boston, MA	78
26	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	72
27	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	66
28	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	63
29	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	60
30	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	57
31	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	57
32	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	45
33	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	39
34	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	36
35	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	36
36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	33
37	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	30
38	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	30
39	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	30
40	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	30
41	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	30
42	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	30
43	University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI	27
44	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	27
45	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	27
46	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	24
47	Villanova University Villanova, PA	24
48	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	24
49	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	24
50	Smith College Northampton, MA	24
51	Butler University Indianapolis, IN	21
52	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	21
53	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	21
54	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	21
55	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	21
56	University of Georgia Athens, GA	21
57	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	21
58	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	21
59	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	18
60	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	18
61	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	18
62	Tufts University Medford, MA	18
63	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	18
64	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	18
65	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	18
66	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ	15
67	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	15
68	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	15
69	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	15
70	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	15
71	Haverford College Haverford, PA	15
72	Baylor University Waco, TX	15
73	Lycoming College Williamsport, PA	15
74	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	15
75	Williams College Williamstown, MA	12
76	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	12
77	Emory University Atlanta, GA	12
78	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	12
79	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	12
80	Amherst College Amherst, MA	12
81	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	12
82	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	9
83	Bennington College Bennington, VT	9
84	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	9
85	Rice University Houston, TX	9
86	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	9
87	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	9
88	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	9
89	Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA	6
90	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	6
91	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	6
92	Drake University Des Moines, IA	6
93	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	6
94	Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA	6
95	Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ	6
96	Iowa State University Ames, IA	6
97	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	6
98	Barnard College New York, NY	6
99	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	6
100	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	6