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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
1,045 Degrees Awarded
$11,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in physical science, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,195 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,045 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in physical science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree physical sciences students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlesex County College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Edison, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 180 students in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,649 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Physical Sciences students with aid per year to attend Middlesex County College.

Full Middlesex County College Physical Science Report

#2

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, LaGuardia Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Long Island City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 258 students in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also took the #3 spot in our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LaGuardia Community College is $6,766 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical sciences students with aid.

Read full report on Physical Science at LaGuardia Community College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 103 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BMCC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Borough of Manhattan Community College is $5,158 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Physical Sciences students with aid.

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#4

Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Medgar Evers College landed the #4 spot on the list. Medgar Evers College is a medium-sized school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 204 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Medgar, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $5,507 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical sciences students with aid per year to attend Medgar.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

RIT also made our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Rochester Institute of Technology is $33,167 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical sciences students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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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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