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1. Meteorology is actually a formal major of its own, so that is what you would take. You should therefore be looking for a college/university that offers a meteorology major. The American Meteorology Society maintains this list of all colleges/universities that offer undergraduate meteorology or atmospheric science programs:

   - Arizona State University
   - Ball State University
   - Boise State University
   - California Institute of Technology
   - California University of Pennsylvania
   - Central Michigan University
   - College of Charleston
   - Colorado State University
   - Columbia University
   - Cornell University
   - Creighton University
   - Dalhousie University
   - Drexel University
   - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
   - Florida Institute of Technology
   - Florida International University
   - Florida State University
   - George Mason University/COLA
   - Georgia Institute of Technology
   - Hampton University
   - Harvard University
   - Hawaii Pacific University
   - Humboldt State University
   - Indiana University
   - Iowa State University
   - Jackson State University
   - Johns Hopkins University
   - Kean University
   - Louisiana State University
   - Lyndon State College
   - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   - McGill University
   - Metropolitan State College of Denver
   - Michigan State University
   - Millersville University of Pennsylvania
   - Mississippi State University
   - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
   - New York University
   - North Carolina State University
   - Northern Illinois University
   - Northland College
   - Ohio State University
   - Ohio University
   - Old Dominion University
   - Pennsylvania State University
   - Plymouth State University
   - Princeton University
   - Purdue University
   - Rice University
   - Rutgers University
   - Salisbury University
   - San Francisco State University
   - San Jose State University
   - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
   - St. Louis University
   - St.Cloud State University
   - Stanford University
   - State University of New York at Brockport
   - State University of New York at Oneonta
   - State University of New York at Oswego
   - State University of New York, Maritime College
   - Stony Brook University, State University of New York
   - Texas A&M University
   - Texas Tech University
   - United States Air Force Academy
   - United States Naval Academy
   - Universidad Metropolitana
   - University at Albany, State University of New York
   - University of Alabama in Huntsville
   - University of Alaska Fairbanks
   - University of Alberta
   - University of British Columbia
   - University of California, Berkeley
   - University of California, Davis
   - University of California, Irvine
   - University of California, Los Angeles
   - University of Chicago
   - University of Colorado at Boulder
   - University of Connecticut
   - University of Denver
   - University of Georgia
   - University of Guelph
   - University of Hawai’i at Manoa
   - University of Houston
   - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   - University of Iowa
   - University of Kansas
   - University of Louisiana at Monroe
   - University of Massachusetts at Lowell
   - University of Miami
   - University of Michigan
   - University of Minnesota
   - University of Missouri-Columbia
   - University of Missouri-Rolla
   - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
   - University of Nevada, Reno
   - University of New Hampshire
   - University of North Carolina at Charlotte
   - University of North Carolina, Asheville
   - University of North Dakota
   - University of Northern Colorado
   - University of Oklahoma
   - University of Saskatchewan
   - University of South Alabama
   - University of Texas at Austin
   - University of the Incarnate Word
   - University of Toronto
   - University of Utah
   - University of Virginia
   - University of Washington
   - University of Wisconsin-Madison
   - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
   - University of Wyoming
   - Utah State University
   - Valparaiso University
   - Vanderbilt University
   - Washington State University
   - Western Connecticut State University
   - Western Illinois University
   - Yale University
   - York University

   Keep in mind that most jobs in meteorology require advanced studies at the graduate level, so plan to have fun with your studies for a while! Good luck.

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