2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 52,879 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 9,786 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,824 and $22,572 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 204 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Richard Bland College of William and Mary

South Prince George, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,081 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Richard Bland College of William and Mary is a small public school situated in South Prince George, Virginia. It awarded 168 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

RBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary is $11,081 for southeast region associate degree physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Richard Bland College of William and Mary Physical Sciences Report

#2

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,158 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,158 for southeast region associate degree physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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