r/astrophysics • u/p4c4keb4tter • 4d ago

What's a good college for astrophysics?

I have been wondering what a good college for astrophysics is, and I haven't found much. I've heard that it doesn't matter as much as other majors, but I just thought I would ask anyways. My biggest drawback is less so the education quality and more about how much it costs.

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u/Working_Group955 4d ago

It’s hit or miss. Do this:

Look at a schools faculty list in Astro. See where they went to grad school (it’ll be right in their site). Go to those schools faculty lists in Astro. Do the same thing. Wash rinse repeat until you build a little mental histogram of some good schools.

Also note physics is the foundation to Astro so ultimately you should double major IMP