2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 941 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 142 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southwest Region

1

Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#22 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Lee College is located in Baytown, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 88 associates’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

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3

College of the Mainland
Texas City, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Mainland. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. COM is a public institution located in Texas City, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Redlands Community College
El Reno, Oklahoma

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Redlands Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in El Reno, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Blinn College
Brenham, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Blinn College landed the #5 spot on the list. Blinn College is a fairly large school located in Brenham, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

New Mexico State University - Carlsbad
Carlsbad, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Sciences at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad

• 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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