2023 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid
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Ranked Colleges
118
Degrees Awarded
$22,600
Avg Net Price*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,095 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 419th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 118 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science, technology and society programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science, technology and society program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Virginia (With Aid)
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #1 spot on the list. James Madison University is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 93 ’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.
JMU also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend JMU is $22,562 for Virginia Science, Tech & Society students with aid.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.