by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 338 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,994 and $13,778 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 199 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree natural sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kapiolani Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 95 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Windward Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. Windward CC is a public institution located in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Leeward Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pearl City, Hawaii, and it awarded 50 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kauai Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Lihue, Hawaii, and it awarded 8 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii Maui College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Maui College is located in Kahului, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 associates’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 14 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Honolulu Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.
Hawaii Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s natural sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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