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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

1 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 2,094 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,911 and $25,396 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 58 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical sciences programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The physical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Community College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Philadelphia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Community College of Philadelphia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $12,221 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Physical Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Community College of Philadelphia.

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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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