2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

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 “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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 “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular natural sciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.

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

1

Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Haskell Indian Nations University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s natural sciences degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Haskell

2

Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Topeka, Kansas, and 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 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate 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 small public school situated in Rochester, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Rochester Community and Technical College

• Most Popular 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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