2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New Jersey, there were 1,125 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,380 and $23,455 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 218 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Jersey.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in New Jersey

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$6,649 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex County College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Jersey list. Middlesex County College is a public institution located in Edison, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 184 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The yearly cost to attend Middlesex County College is $6,649 for New Jersey Associate Degree Physical Sciences students.

Read more about Physical Sciences at Middlesex County College

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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