by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Chemistry is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 20,056 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,167 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major” ranking analyzed 230 colleges that offered a degree in general chemistry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general chemistry.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presentation College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s chemistry degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Orange Coast College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major. Orange Coast College is located in Costa Mesa, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 associates’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College is a medium-sized school located in Blue Ash, Ohio that handed out 13 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Chemistry at University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego Miramar College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major. San Diego Miramar College is a fairly large public school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 27 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Chemistry at San Diego Miramar College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Georgia State College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. This small school is located in Swainsboro, Georgia, and it awarded 5 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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Irvine Valley College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Located in Irvine, California, this fairly large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Chemistry at Irvine Valley College
With a ranking of #7, Evergreen Valley College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Evergreen Valley College is a medium-sized public school situated in San Jose, California. It awarded 17 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Cincinnati - Clermont College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Located in Batavia, Ohio, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Solano Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Solano College is located in Fairfield, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 associates’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
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Cuyamaca College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Located in El Cajon, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Monterey Peninsula College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Located in Monterey, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Santiago Canyon College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking, coming in at #12. SCC is a fairly large public school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 32 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Columbia College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Columbia College is located in Sonora, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #14, University of Rio Grande did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Located in Rio Grande, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Chemistry at University of Rio Grande
Fullerton College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Fullerton, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s chemistry degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
Yuba College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Located in Marysville, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Cabrillo College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Cabrillo College is a medium-sized school located in Aptos, California that handed out 19 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s chemistry degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Chemistry at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne
Sacramento City College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Located in Sacramento, California, this fairly large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Blinn College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Blinn College is a fairly large public school situated in Brenham, Texas. It awarded 25 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Antelope Valley College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Lancaster, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s chemistry degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Del Mar College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking, coming in at #22. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 12 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Community College of Philadelphia landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 associates’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Chemistry at Community College of Philadelphia
With a ranking of #24, Oklahoma City Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Oklahoma City Community College is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 associates’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Chemistry at Oklahoma City Community College
Moorpark College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major list. Moorpark College is located in Moorpark, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 associates’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Not only did these schools make the top 35 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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