Good school to go to for undergrad work in Astrophysics?

I'm about to be a freashman in college. I'm enrolled at a university near buy just to get my basics out of the way. I want to get a bachlors in astrophysics and eventually a phd. I live in the southest so I'm considering the unversity of alabama, florida state or the university of georgia. Are any of these good for that field or shouldi consider somewhere else?|||http://www.physicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?鈥?/a>





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Really, it doesn't matter that much which undergraduate school you go to. In Astrophysics you absolutely have to have a Ph.d.--nothing less will get you a job. Your academic reputation will be based--in part--by where you got your Ph.d. Once you have your Ph.d, no one will care where you went for undergraduate school.|||Physics is physics at the undergrad level. You might be able to find some astrophysics programs, but it would be astronomically different from just a physics degree. You have to learn the basics before you can specialize, and it takes 4 years.



Look up US news rankings for graduate programs in astrophysics to get an idea of which undergrad programs might be good for you, if they have a grad program in it you can investigate further to find the research they do, facilities, etc.