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CIP PROGRAM: 40.0402
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of atmospheric constituents, reactions, measurement techniques, and processes in predictive, current, and historical contexts. Includes instruction in climate modeling, gases and aerosols, trace gases, aqueous phase chemistry, sinks, transport mechanisms, computer measurement, climate variability, paleoclimatology, climate diagnosis, numerical modeling and data analysis, ionization, recombination, photoemission, and plasma chemistry.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
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Institutions granting degrees in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
University of Washington-Seattle Campus12 -60.00%
Vermont State University1 -