2022 Best Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 5,739 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,953 and $20,144 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,460 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$6,842 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

OCCC also made our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $6,842 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Oklahoma City Community College.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Oklahoma City Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income Over $110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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