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2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,184 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 460th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 60 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational science 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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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree scientific computing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Modesto Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Modesto, California, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s scientific computing students in 2019-2020.

MJC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computational Science Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MJC is $13,541 for California Associate Degree Scientific Computing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Computational Science at MJC

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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