• This is not intended to be a complete list.

• Mention of a university or college does not constitute an endorsement.

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

• 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
• 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.- Environmental Science
  • Physics Department (Lightning research)
• 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
• 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 Meteorology
• 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
• Universtiy of South Alabama 
  • Meteorology

• 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
• 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
• Western Connecticut State University
  • B.A., M.A. - Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Meteorology

Non-Traditional courses or Training

• Mississippi State University -  Broadcast or Operational Meteorology Certificate

Links to other lists

• American Meteorlogical Society Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences
• UC Davis - Biometeorology Program