2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Chemistry Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Chemistry is the 38th most popular major in the country with 20,841 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,163 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general chemistry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general chemistry 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 general chemistry 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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Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Chemistry

#1

Community College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$7,165 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Philadelphia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Community College of Philadelphia also made our “Best General Chemistry Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,165 for associate degree chemistry students per year to attend Community College of Philadelphia.

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#2

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,842 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree chemistry students list, OCCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Chemistry Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OCCC is $6,842 for Associate Degree Chemistry students.

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#3

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$14,270 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small public school situated in Magnolia, Arkansas. It awarded 3 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Chemistry Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Associate Degree Chemistry students.

Read full report on General Chemistry at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

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

• *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.

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