Weather-Related Degree Programs

(from http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/schools.html, Last updated June 28, 2004)

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
4. if you find any broken links, please let the webmaster know

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

• University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • B.S. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences

• University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • M.S. and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Science
• University of Alaska
  • M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - University of Alaska Fairbanks
• University of Arizona
  • Department of Geosciences
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• 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 Sciences
• Central Michigan University
• 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
  • Department of Geological Sciences
• 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 courses)
• 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. - 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. - 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
  • (Armed Forces Operational Program, Broadcast Meteorology Transferable Credits) - 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., M.S., and Ph.D. - Geoscience Department
• State University of New York
  • Albany: B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Earth and Atmospheric 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
  • Department of Meteorology Weather Server
• University of North Dakota
  • B.S. and M.S. - Department Atmospheric Sciences
• University of Northern Colorado
  • B.A. Earth Science, Emphasis in Meteorology, M.A. Earth Science
• Northern Illinois University
  • Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
• Northland College
  • B.S. - Physics and Atmospheric Science
• The 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
  • College of Geosciences
• 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
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD
  • Scripps Home Page
• 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
  • B.S. - Department of Geosciences
• University of Utah
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Meteorology
• Valparaiso University
  • B.S. - Geography & Meteorology
• University of Washington
  • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Western Connecticut State University
  • B.A., M.A. - Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Meteorology
• 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 Broadcast Meteorology Program
 

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

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CPO #2450, UNC Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804
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