2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physics (Income $30-$48k)

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 General Physics Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Physics is the 57th most popular major in the country with 13,287 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,533 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Physics Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general physics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Physics Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree general physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physics (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$5,981 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Physics Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma City Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 associates’s general physics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Physics Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma City Community College is $5,981 for Associate Degree General Physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on General Physics at OCCC

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$15,639 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Physics Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general physics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ISU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Physics Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ISU is $15,639 for associate degree general physics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about General Physics at ISU

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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