2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,095 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 232nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,177 and had an average of $22,529 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 260 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,827 and $21,260 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science, technology and society. That schools that top this list have a program in science, technology and society in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region

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Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Fulton, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s science, tech and society students in 2020-2021.

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Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Coahoma Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s science, tech and society students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society

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.