Career In Meteorology

What's the highest college degree in meteorology?

What type of jobs could I get with that degree? If they're not hiring meteorlogists, would that degree qualify me to be a Elementary or High school science teacher? What else could I do with that degree? How many years of college is that degree and what's the average price? Sources? Would I be able to be a math teacher?

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1. I went to the University of Oklahoma, where they have a really strong meteorology program. There are definitely jobs out there, including those crazy tornado chasers you see out of the O.U. Utility companies use meteorologists to predict winter severity so they can know how much natural gas to plan for. Oil companies use them to predict storms for offshore drilling and winter temperatures for drilling in the tundra. You can get all the way up to a doctorate degree. You would certainly be qualified to teach math or science in elementary or high school with a 4-year Bachelor's degree in meteorology. But you need a teaching credential to teach in a public school. It will take you an additional year of study at a university to get the credential. During that year, you will student teach, so it is really a useful program to learn how to teach and work with student. Almost any large state university will offer a degree in meteorology. Look on the university web sites to find more info. You may not have any interest in Oklahoma (I don't live there anymore), but you can learn something about university meteorology programs by looking at their website. http://weather.ou.edu/