2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical sciences programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree physical sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

Richard Bland College of William and Mary

South Prince George, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$12,736 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. RBC is a public institution located in South Prince George, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 168 associates’s 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 RBC is $12,736 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Sciences students.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at RBC

#2

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,270 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Sciences students.

Read more about Physical Sciences at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

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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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