Colleges for Astronomy??

College Search & Selection
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<p>Which universities have the high rated astronomy programs??</p>

<p>Obviously the Ivy League, but other than that ??
Some that i know are University of Hawaii, University of Arizona, University of Santa Cruz, University of Alabama, Caltech, Boston University, Stanford, MIT. </p>

<p>And also, are there are any astronomy related extracurriculars (maybe online)??
I've tried to find anything that is pertained to that, but my area just doesn't offer anything.<br>
BTW im from NJ, near the Princeton area.</p>

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<p>Got this from a friend interested in Astronomy:</p>

<p>MIT
Stanford
Princeton
CalTech
University of Chicago
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Santa Cruz
University of Washington
University of Arizona
University of Hawaii
Columbia
University of South California
Penn State
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Minnesota
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Michigan
Boston University
Cornell
Wesleyan
Haverford
Swarthmore
Case Western Reserve
University of Kansas
University of Virginia
Indiana University-Bloomington
Harvard
Northwestern
University of Maryland-College Park</p>

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<p>University of California, Santa Cruz comes to mind.</p>

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<p>Funny you mention astronomy, I'm doing research at a Gravitational Wave Astronomy lab and I just finished looking over some pulsar candidates. :)</p>

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<p>lucky ... i wish i had the opportunity to anything related with astronomy, and here your talking about research ... lol </p>

<p>By any chance do you guys know any astronomy related programs for high school students ??</p>

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<p>If you were from South Texas I would tell you about mine.</p>

<p>I'm <3 the other kids in it, we might get to speak at the next AAS convention in Austin...:)</p>

<p>But the best of luck to you in finding a program, I did a little research and this one looks AMAZING:</p>

<p>IAYC</a> - International Astronomical Youth Camps</p>

<p>and this is a searchy thing: Astronomy</a> Camps, Astronomy Summer Camps @ KidsCamps.com</p>

<p>Although to be honest my research is more into theoretical stuff than stargazing, which is my favorite part...:(</p>

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<p>Penn State: College of Earth & Mineral Sciences has strong astromony rep if you want to go into broadcasting (weatherman on TV).</p>

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<p>I've heard nothing but great things about Arizona. Definitely apply there.</p>

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<p>Gourman Report undergrad astrophysics ranking:</p>

<p>MIT
Caltech
Princeton
Indiana U Bloomington
U Minnesota
Harvard
Purdue
U Penn
UVA
U Oklahoma</p>

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<p>Gourman Report undergrad astronomy ranking:</p>

<p>Caltech
UC Berkeley
Harvard
Cornell
U Wisconsin Madison
MIT
U Arizona
U Maryland College Park
U Michigan Ann Arbor
UCLA
Yale
Case Western
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
U Texas Austin
UVA
U Washington
U Kansas
Indiana U Bloomington
Northwestern
U Penn
Ohio State
Penn State University Park
U Minnesota
U Oklahoma
USC</p>

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<p>thx alot people</p>

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<p>I'm interested in astrophysics too, and I made a couple of threads awhile back.</p>

<p>collegehelp, those Gourman Report listings seem to be mostly really big schools. Are smaller schools still regarded in the astrophysics world?</p>

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<p>katia11-
For astronomy, Rugg's Recommendations lists
Bryn Mawr
Haverford
Vassar
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Whitman
Williams</p>

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<p>hmmm. . . lots of W's!</p>