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CIP GROUP: 40.02
Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Summary: Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0201 - 40.0299.

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 16 730 225
2021 14 877 196
2022 23 985 187
2023 17 968 173
2024 13 1035 253
Change +6.25% +32.60% -23.11%

Related CIPs

40 PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
40.02 Astronomy and Astrophysics.
40.0201 Astronomy.
40.0202 Astrophysics.
40.0203 Planetary Astronomy and Science.
40.0299 Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Agnes Scott College2 +50.00%
Amherst College4 -
Arizona State University Digital Immersion12 -
Ball State University1 -25.00%
Barnard College2 -
Baylor University5 +100.00%
Benedictine College1 +200.00%
Bennington College3 -100.00%
Boston University17 -64.29%
Brigham Young University13 +22.22%
Bryn Mawr College2 -
Butler University7 +150.00%
California Institute of Technology4 -50.00%
Carnegie Mellon University3 +700.00%
Case Western Reserve University8 -57.14%
Central Michigan University6 +100.00%
Colgate University4 +62.50%
College of Charleston10 +125.00%
Columbia University in the City of New York15 +30.77%
Cornell University10 +100.00%
Dartmouth College4 -
Drake University2 -66.67%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach28 +66.67%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott5 +100.00%
Emory University4 +25.00%
Florida Institute of Technology25 +78.57%
Franklin and Marshall College5 -20.00%
Harvard University18 -54.55%
Haverford College5 -80.00%
Illinois Institute of Technology9 +33.33%
Indiana University-Bloomington13 +18.18%
Lehigh University2 -40.00%
Lycoming College5 +80.00%
Marietta College1 -
Michigan State University24 +57.14%
Montana State University1 -
Mount Holyoke College5 +37.50%
Northern Arizona University8 +50.00%
Ohio State University-Main Campus36 +82.35%
Ohio University-Main Campus3 -50.00%
Ohio Wesleyan University2 +66.67%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus27 +40.00%
Princeton University13 +50.00%
Rice University3 -33.33%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick11 -33.33%
San Diego State University3 +100.00%
Smith College8 +125.00%
State University of New York at New Paltz1 +100.00%
Stonehill College1 +100.00%
Stony Brook University9 +128.57%
Swarthmore College6 +266.67%
Texas Christian University2 +400.00%
The University of Texas at Austin29 -21.21%
Tufts University6 +66.67%
Union College1 -
University of Arizona26 +87.50%
University of California-Berkeley46 +33.33%
University of California-Los Angeles30 +241.67%
University of California-Santa Cruz40 +85.19%
University of Chicago22 +166.67%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus7 +150.00%
University of Colorado Boulder76 -6.45%
University of Delaware1 -100.00%
University of Florida19 +75.00%
University of Georgia7 +12.50%
University of Hawaii at Hilo9 -66.67%
University of Hawaii at Manoa8 +16.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign23 +150.00%
University of Iowa5 -33.33%
University of Kansas6 -50.00%
University of Maryland-College Park26 -
University of Massachusetts-Amherst21 -5.26%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor19 +88.89%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities17 -10.53%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus5 -42.86%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus10 +266.67%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus1 -
University of Southern California4 -50.00%
University of Toledo6 -100.00%
University of Virginia-Main Campus10 -
University of Washington-Seattle Campus38 +48.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison28 +17.65%
University of Wyoming6 +60.00%
Valdosta State University2 +100.00%
Vassar College7 +16.67%
Villanova University8 +33.33%
Washington University in St Louis3 -
Wellesley College7 +150.00%
Wesleyan University8 -
Whitman College10 +80.00%
Williams College4 +100.00%
Yale University12 +80.00%
Youngstown State University4 -33.33%