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2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
1,120 Degrees Awarded
$7,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 29,162 people earned their degree in biological and physical sciences, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,041 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,120 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in biological and physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical sciences 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 biological and physical sciences 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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 322 associates’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Lord Fairfax Community College

Middletown, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lord Fairfax Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Middletown, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biological and physical sciences degrees to 181 students in 2019-2020.

Lord Fairfax Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lord Fairfax Community College is $6,497 for southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students.

Full Lord Fairfax Community College Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#3

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 239 associates’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tidewater Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tidewater Community College is $8,408 for southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at Tidewater Community College

#4

Reynolds Community College

Richmond, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Reynolds Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 116 diplomas to qualified associates’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Reynolds Community College also made our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Reynolds Community College is $5,961 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at Reynolds Community College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Western Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Located in Roanoke, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 103 diplomas to qualified associates’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Western Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,830 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students per year to attend Virginia Western Community College.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at Virginia Western Community College

#6

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Blue Ridge Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Weyers Cave, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biological and physical sciences degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

BRCC also made our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $10,671 for southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students per year to attend BRCC.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at BRCC

#7 in overall quality

Thomas Nelson Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. TNCC is a medium-sized school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 96 associates’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

TNCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TNCC is $7,092 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at TNCC

#8

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Charlottesville, Virginia
#8 in overall quality

Piedmont Virginia Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Piedmont Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students list, PVCC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,318 for southeast region associate degree biological & physical sciences students per year to attend Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at PVCC

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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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