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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $0-$30k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$8,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computational Science is the 244th most popular major in the country with 1,184 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computational science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The computational 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 “Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree computational science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $0-$30k) 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 Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Modesto, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computational science degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

MJC also made our “Best Computational Science Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Modesto Junior College is $8,628 for California Associate Degree Computational Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on 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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