2022 Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Science Education is the 361st most popular major in the country with 1,248 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 science education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The physical science education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Science Education

#1

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$5,107 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fulton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical science education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ICC also made our “Best Science Education Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend ICC is $5,107 for Associate Degree Physical Science Education students.

Read more about Science Education at ICC

#2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$8,503 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Education Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s physical science education students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Science Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for Associate Degree Physical Science Education students.

Read full report on Science Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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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