2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Physical Sciences is the 144th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,561 and had an average of $12,761 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 19 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physical sciences.

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree physical science students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in El Dorado, Kansas, and it awarded 0 associates’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dodge City Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region. Dodge City Community College is a small school located in Dodge City, Kansas that handed out 0 associates’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dodge City Community College General Physical Sciences Report

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Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Barton County Community College is a small school located in Great Bend, Kansas that handed out 0 associates’s physical science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Barton Community College General Physical Sciences Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.