2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physical Science is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arizona, there were 1,074 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,025 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science in Arizona

#1

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$8,597 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Glendale Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 207 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $8,597 for Arizona Associate Degree Physical Sciences students per year to attend Glendale Community College.

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#2

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arizona. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 198 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for arizona associate degree physical sciences students.

Read full report on Physical Science at Mesa Community College

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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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