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2024 Best Value Colleges for Natural Sciences in Virginia

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 14 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Natural Sciences in Virginia

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Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s natural sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

VCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $20,490 for Virginia Natural Sciences students per year to attend VCU.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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