2022 Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for an Associate

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Research and Development Management is the 831st most popular major in the country with 206 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent research and development management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the research and development management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree research and development management students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Research and Development Management

#1

Fort Hays State University

Hays, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$12,053 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hays, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s research and development management students in 2019-2020.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Research and Development Management Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,053 for Associate Degree Research and Development Management students per year to attend FHSU.

Read more about Research and Development Management at FHSU

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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