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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 163 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in natural sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region

1

Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Haskell Indian Nations University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 6 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Haskell Indian Nations University

2

Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school situated in Topeka, Kansas. It awarded 0 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Washburn University Natural Sciences Report

2

Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Rochester, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Rochester Community and Technical College

• 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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