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Atmospheric Scientist
- Median pay
- $99,070/yr
- 10-yr job growth
- 0.7%
Degree Programs That Lead Here
These are the fields of study that feed into a Atmospheric Scientist career. The colleges below all offer at least one of them.
84 colleges · showing 1–25
| College | Matching program | Credential | Net price/yr | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ · 4-yr Private | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $6,128 | NJ |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $10,846 | NC |
| Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $10,990 | KY |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $11,297 | FL |
| University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $12,250 | NC |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $12,470 | CA |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $12,548 | CA |
| Western Illinois University Macomb, IL · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $12,937 | IL |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $13,138 | MI |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $13,391 | IL |
| University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $13,466 | LA |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $13,481 | CA |
| Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $13,529 | MN |
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $13,599 | WY |
| San Jose State University San Jose, CA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $13,760 | CA |
| Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA · 4-yr Public | Climate Science | Certificate | $13,886 | WA |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $13,936 | GA |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $14,091 | WA |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ · 4-yr Public | Climate Science | Graduate | $14,158 | AZ |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $14,182 | MI |
| University of Houston Houston, TX · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $14,276 | TX |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $14,355 | IL |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $14,600 | IN |
| University of California-Davis Davis, CA · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Bachelor's | $14,741 | CA |
| Utah State University Logan, UT · 4-yr Public | Atmospheric Sciences | Graduate | $14,936 | UT |
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