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About Weather-related degree programs...

Notes:

1. the American Meteorological Society publishes a Curricula Guide for college programs in the atmospheric, oceanic, hydrologic and related sciences. Also, the AMS offers memberships (including student memberships) at very low rates ($15 to $30 per year).
2. this is not intended to be a complete list
3. citation of a university or college here does not constitute an endorsement

Degree Programs (B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., and Ph.D.) for Meteorology Careers

• University of Alabama Huntsville
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science
    
• University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Atmospheric Sciences Program
    
• University of Arizona
  • M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Arizona State University
  • B.S. - School of Geographical Sciences with a meteorology and climatology emphasis
    
• Ball State University
  • B.S. - Geography (meets NWS course requirements for meteorology positions)
    
• California University of Pennsylvania
  • B.S. - Earth Science
    
• University of California Davis
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science Department
    
• University of California Los Angeles
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    
• Central Michigan University
  • B.S. - Department of Geography
    
• Creighton University
  • B.S. and M.S. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    
• University of Chicago
  • B.S., B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Geophysical Sciences
    
• College of DuPage
  • Associate in Science - Natural Sciences Division
    
• Colorado State University
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science
    
• University of Colorado at Boulder
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    
• Cornell University
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science Program
    
• University of Denver
  • B.A. - Department of Geography
  • B.A., B.S. - Environmental Science
    
• Drexel University
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Physics (includes Atmospheric Science)
    
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • B.S. - Department of Meteorology
• Florida State University
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D - Department of Meteorology
    
• Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Undergraduate minor, M.S. and Ph.D. - School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Harvard University
  • B.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    
• University of Hawaii
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Meteorology
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Physics and Astronomy
    
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Iowa State University
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Geological and Atmospheric Science
    
• The Johns Hopkins University
  • B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. - Planetary Geodynamics Group/Earth and Planetary Sciences
    
• University of Kansas
  • B.S. - Atmospheric Science
    
• Lyndon State College
  • B.S. - Department of Meteorology
    
• University of Maryland
  • M.S. and Ph.D - Department of Meteorology
    
• University of Massachusetts-Lowell
  • B.S. and M.S. - Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Science
    
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
    
• McGill University
  • B.Sc., M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    
• Metropolitan State College of Denver
  • B.S. - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department
    
• University of Miami
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
    
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
    
• Millersville University
  • B.S. - Department of Earth Science
    
• Mississippi State University
  • Operational Meteorology, Broadcast Meteorology - Distance Education Programs
  • B.S., M.S. - Department of Geosciences
    
• University of Missouri
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science
    
• Naval Postgraduate School
  • Departments of Oceanography and Meteorology
    
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • B.S. Meteorology, M.S. and Ph.D. Geosciences - Department of Geosciences
    
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • B.S.- Environmental Science
  • B.S.- Department of Physics (Lightning research)
    
• State University of New York
  • Albany: B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Brockport: B.S. - Department of Earth Sciences
  • Oswego: B.A. and B.S. - Meteorology Program
  • Oneonta: B.S. - Department of Earth Sciences
    
• North Carolina State University
  • B.A., B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• University of North Carolina - Asheville
  • B.S. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    
• University of North Carolina - Charlotte
  • B.S. - Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
    
• University of North Dakota
  • B.S. and M.S. - Department Atmospheric Sciences
    
• University of Northern Colorado
  • B.S. - Department of Earth Sciences
    
• Northern Illinois University
  • B.S. in Meteorology - Department of Geography
    
• Northland College
  • B.S. - Physics and Meteorology Program
    
• Ohio State University
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Atmospheric Science Program
    
• University of Oklahoma
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - School of Meteorology
    
• Old Dominion University
  • B.S. and M.S. in Geology - Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Oregon State University
  • M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. - College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Pennsylvania State University
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Meteorology
    
• Plymouth State University
  • B.S. - Department of Chemical, Earth, Atmospheric & Physical Sciences
    
• Princeton University
  • Ph.D. - Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    
• Purdue University
  • B.S., M.S., Ph.D. - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • B.S., M.S., Ph.D. - Department of Environmental Sciences
    
• St. Cloud State University
  • B.A. and B.S. - Department of Earth Sciences
    
• Saint Louis University
  • B.A., B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    
• San Francisco State University
  • B.A. - Department of Geosciences
    
• San Jose State University
  • B.S., M.S. - Department of Meteorology
    
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • B.S., M.S., Ph.D. - Atmospheric Sciences Department
    
• University of South Alabama
  • B.S. - Department of Earth Sciences
    
• Stanford University
  • School of Earth Sciences
    
• Texas A & M University
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science
    
• Texas Tech University
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science
    
• University of Utah
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Meteorology
    
• Valparaiso University
  • B.S. - Department of Geography & Meteorology
    
• University of Washington
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    
• Western Connecticut State University
  • B.S., M.A. - Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Meteorology
    
• Western Illinois University
  • B.S., Meteorology - Geography Department
    
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science/Dept of Mathematical Sciences
    
• University of Wyoming
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science

Non-traditional Courses or Training

Mississippi State University
Armed Forces Operational Program and Broadcast Meteorology Transferable Credits - Distance Education Program

 

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12/13/07