2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science

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Other Physical Science is the 276th most popular major in the country with 538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physical sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,982 and had an average of $26,811 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 73 physical sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in physical sciences (other). The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical sciences (other) program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Physical Science

1

SUNY Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, New York

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saratoga Springs, New York, and it awarded 72 associates’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Empire State College Other Physical Science Report

2

Gateway Community College
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Gateway Community College Other Physical Science Report

3

Northwest State Community College
Archbold, Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest State Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Archbold, Ohio, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.

Full Northwest State Community College Other Physical Science Report

3

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury, Connecticut

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Naugatuck Valley Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 0 associates’s physical sciences (other) degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Top 25% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Physical Science Major. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences (other) students in 2020-2021.

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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

• *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.

Credits

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