Weather colleges in Texas??

[gocuse22]

Any colleges that you can major in meteorology besides A&M, Tech and Tyler junior college?

[wxman57]

Any colleges that you can major in meteorology besides A&M, Tech and Tyler junior college?

What's your goal? Become a professional meteorologist? Then A&M is the only place to go in Texas as far as a B.S. degree. I don't think Tech offers an atmospheric sciences major for a B.S. degree. There are other colleges that have SOME meteorological courses (Saint Thomas and U of H here in Houston), but you're not going to get the training that you really need at those universities.

You also should consider what kind of meteorologist you want to be. Do you want to work in broadcast (TV/Radio)? Work for the NWS? Work as a hurricane forecaster for the NHC?l Work for a private weather consulting company? An airline? An energy trading company? Each of these jobs requires specialized skills, and there is a best college for each career path you choose.

For instance, if I was really interested in being a hurricane forecaster, I'd probably go to FSU then maybe get my MS and PHd from Colorado State with Dr. Gray's group. For severe storms, Oklahoma is the way to go. Of course, I did go to A&M and I am a hurricane forecaster for a private company, but that's not the route I'd choose if I had to do it all over again. I always wish I'd gone to Colorado State to work with Dr. Gray back in the late 1970s. I think he was there at the time.

If you go to one of the smaller universities or one with only a few courses in "atmospheric sciences" then you're not going to get a well-rounded education and you may find it harder to get a good job after graduation.

One other tip - be VERY good in math and physics, as a meteorological degree program is quite tough in those areas. Most who drop out (and a lot drop out) do so because they can't hack the math and physics requirements.

[gocuse22]

The road I was planing to take is attending Texas A&M Corpus Christi, or any A&M then try transferring into Texas A&M University the problem I see is, I'm not sure if any of the A&M offers a major in meteorology besides Texas A&M University

[don]

UIW (University of Incarnate Word) in San Antonio offers a B.S. In Meteorology and Broadcast Meteorology, and theirs even a Broadcasting studio their with a green screen and everything, its pretty neat.

http://www.uiw.edu/

http://www.uiw.edu/meteorology/

[wxman57]

UIW (University of Incarnate Word) in San Antonio offers a B.S. In Meteorology and Broadcast Meteorology, and theirs even a Broadcasting studio their with a green screen and everything, its pretty neat.

http://www.uiw.edu/

http://www.uiw.edu/meteorology/

Looks pretty weak in meteorology. I wouldn't recommend that college. But what you can do is to take a look at the first and 2nd year met courses at A&M in College Station and take those same courses at another college. They're typically general education courses (history, biology, math). I actually did that. Was in chemical engineering at USL for 2 years then transferred to A&M. All the courses carried over to A&M with a couple of small exceptions. One met course was offered the 2nd semester of the sophomore year that I had to take in my junior year. And the timing of met courses got off so I had to go an extra year.