2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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In 2019-2020, 29,162 people earned their degree in biological and physical science, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 570 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,000 and $22,458 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 485 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science 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 science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in the Southwest Region

#1

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,692 Average Net Price

$19,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. San Jacinto Community College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 476 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Biological Science students.

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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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