2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Chemistry in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Chemistry is the 44th most popular major in the country with 21,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,253 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,080 and $23,345 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 68 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemistry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemistry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The chemistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Chemistry in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Community College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$7,165 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the #1 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s chemistry degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Community College of Philadelphia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemistry Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Philadelphia is $7,165 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Chemistry students.

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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

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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