2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Astronomy

ASTRONOMY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Very few college students choose to major in astronomy. On average, each focus gives out about 6,000 annual four-year degrees; last spring, 435 people received a bachelor's degree in astronomy, making it the nation's 292nd most popular focus for undergrads. The University of Colorado Boulder​ handed out more of those degrees than any other US college (62), and schools in Colorado conferred more degrees than any US State (62).

Choosing the right college could possibly be difficult, considering 73 institutions in the USA grant undergrad degrees in astronomy. Bachelor's degrees in astronomy are 62% less widely available than the typical major, making it the 219th most commonly offered major in the US.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 64% of last spring's degrees in astronomy were bachelor's degrees; 36% were postgrad degrees. Astronomy is the 239th most popular advanced degree in the USA, with 249 degrees granted. For context, astronomy is 91% less popular among master's & doctor's students than the average subject.

In Total, 684 students received a bachelor's or higher in astronomy last spring.

ONLINE ASTRONOMY DEGREES

Only one US institution offers astronomy comprehensively remote, and not one astronomy student earned a bachelor's degree or postgrad degree through an online program last spring. ### PARTIALLY ONLINE ASTRONOMY DEGREES

• Astronomy is the 292nd most pursued partially online four-year degree in America
• Astronomy is the 240th most commonly offered partially online undergraduate degree coast-to-coast
• 17.47% of all bachelor's degree in astronomy are completed partially online
• 0.38% of the University of Hawaii at Hilo's​ last undergraduate class majored in astronomy partially online, higher than any other school in the US
• Astronomy is the 283rd most popular partially online graduate degree in America
• The average partially online major gives out 1,683 annual bachelor's degrees or higher

IN-PERSON ASTRONOMY DEGREES

• 358 people last spring were conferred an undergraduate degree in astronomy totally in-person
• Astronomy is the 87th most universally available entirely in-person undergrad degree in the United States
• 82.3% of all college degree in astronomy are done entirely in-person
• 1.29% of Bennington College's​ last undergraduate class majored in astronomy completely in-person, higher than any other college in the nation
• Last spring, 235 students received completely in-person advanced degrees in astronomy
• 94.38% of all graduate degrees in astronomy are done in-person