2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 151 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 74 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural sciences.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Bossier Parish Community College is located in Bossier City, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 63 associates’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

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2

Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
De Queen, Arkansas

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. UA Cossatot is a public institution located in De Queen, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas Natural Sciences Report

3

National Park College
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National Park College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full National Park College Natural Sciences Report

4

Arkansas State University - Newport
Newport, Arkansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Newport landed the #4 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Newport is a public institution located in Newport, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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