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CIP PROGRAM: 40.0201
Astronomy.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 15 435 141
2021 14 495 115
2022 23 563 98
2023 17 522 104
2024 13 587 164
Change +13.33% +20.00% -26.24%

Related CIPs

40 PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
40.02 Astronomy and Astrophysics.
40.0201 Astronomy.
40.0202 Astrophysics.
40.0203 Planetary Astronomy and Science.
40.0299 Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Astronomy.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Amherst College4 -
Ball State University1 -25.00%
Barnard College2 -
Benedictine College1 +200.00%
Bennington College3 -100.00%
Boston University17 -64.29%
Brigham Young University13 +22.22%
Bryn Mawr College2 -
Case Western Reserve University8 -57.14%
Central Michigan University6 +100.00%
Columbia University in the City of New York8 +66.67%
Cornell University10 +100.00%
Dartmouth College4 -
Drake University2 -66.67%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott5 +100.00%
Haverford College3 -66.67%
Indiana University-Bloomington13 +18.18%
Lycoming College1 -
Montana State University1 -
Mount Holyoke College5 +37.50%
Northern Arizona University8 +50.00%
Ohio State University-Main Campus36 +82.35%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus27 +40.00%
Rice University2 -100.00%
San Diego State University3 +100.00%
Smith College8 +125.00%
State University of New York at New Paltz1 +100.00%
Stony Brook University9 +128.57%
Swarthmore College2 -
The University of Texas at Austin29 -21.21%
Union College1 -
University of Arizona26 +87.50%
University of Chicago22 +166.67%
University of Colorado Boulder76 -6.45%
University of Delaware1 -100.00%
University of Florida19 +75.00%
University of Georgia7 +12.50%
University of Hawaii at Hilo9 -66.67%
University of Hawaii at Manoa1 -66.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign18 +150.00%
University of Iowa5 -33.33%
University of Kansas6 -50.00%
University of Maryland-College Park26 -
University of Massachusetts-Amherst21 -5.26%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor19 +88.89%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus1 -
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus1 -
University of Southern California4 -50.00%
University of Toledo6 -100.00%
University of Virginia-Main Campus10 -
University of Washington-Seattle Campus38 +48.00%
Valdosta State University2 +100.00%
Vassar College7 +16.67%
Villanova University8 +33.33%
Wesleyan University8 -
Whitman College4 -50.00%
Yale University3 -
Youngstown State University4 -33.33%