Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Meteorology

Better understand our planet, through hands-on teaching methods and unique research opportunities. We offers undergraduate majors in Environmental Science, Geology, and Meteorology, along with a Ph.D. in Earth and Ecosystem Science. CMU's location in the heart of the Great Lakes provides the perfect setting to study the environment. Our professors will guide you toward becoming a scientist who can make a difference in understanding the natural world and our role in it.Discover the answers in CMU’s meteorology program — the only such undergraduate degree in Michigan. You’ll strengthen your education by conducting field research or working on campus at CMU’s state-of-the-art weather station that’s equipped with a weather balloon and advanced technology. CMU’s program meets the requirements of the National Weather Service and produces graduates who work as lead meteorologists around the world.​​ CMU offers the only meteorology major in Michigan. The program meets or exceeds American Meteorological Society and National Weather Service guidelines. In 2014, meteorology faculty installed a state-of-the-art, electronic weather map wall that shows current and future weather forecasts by meteorologists and computer models across the country. Faculty members use it as a teaching tool in the classroom. A surface weather station installed in 2013 allows students to use the same instruments as professional meteorologists to collect data about temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, solar energy, and precipitation. Meteorology faculty members also launch weather balloons that provide weather data.