Astrophysics

A program that focuses on the theoretical and observational study of the structure, properties, and behavior of stars, star systems and clusters, stellar life cycles, and related phenomena. Includes instruction in cosmology, plasma kinetics, stellar physics, convolution and non-equilibrium radiation transfer theory, non-Euclidean geometries, mathematical modeling, galactic structure theory, and relativistic astronomy.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 42 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1332 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

332

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

888

awards given

Top Schools for Astrophysics

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	162
2	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	120
3	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	96
4	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	96
5	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	90
6	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	90
7	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	84
8	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	60
9	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	51
10	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	36
11	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	33
12	Yale University New Haven, CT	27
13	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	27
14	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	27
15	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	21
16	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	21
17	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	21
18	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	21
19	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	18
20	Tufts University Medford, MA	18
21	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	18
22	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	15
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	15
24	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	15
25	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	15
26	Baylor University Waco, TX	15
27	Williams College Williamstown, MA	12
28	Lycoming College Williamsport, PA	12
29	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	12
30	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	12
31	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	9
32	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	9
33	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	9
34	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	6
35	Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA	6
36	Iowa State University Ames, IA	6
37	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	6
38	Haverford College Haverford, PA	6
39	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	6
40	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	3
41	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	3
42	Rice University Houston, TX	3