by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 30,075 people earned their degree in biological and physical science, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,402 and had an average of $15,005 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,262 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,993 and $14,103 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,205 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their biological and physical science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The biological science 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree biological science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lord Fairfax Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Middletown, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biological science degrees to 184 students in 2020-2021.
Full Lord Fairfax Community College Biological & Physical Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Reynolds Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Reynolds Community College is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 154 associates’s biological science degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Biological & Physical Science at Reynolds Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Nelson Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. TNCC is a public institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 98 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Thomas Nelson Community College Biological & Physical Science Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Western Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized school located in Roanoke, Virginia that handed out 87 associates’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 241 associates’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Northern Virginia Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 367 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Northern Virginia Community College
Clinton College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Clinton College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 1 associates’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Blue Ridge Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Weyers Cave, Virginia, and it awarded 28 associates’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Biological & Physical Science at Blue Ridge Community College
John Tyler Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. John Tyler Community College is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Virginia that handed out 29 associates’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Piedmont Virginia Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Piedmont Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in De Queen, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s biological science students in 2020-2021.
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