2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 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.
This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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 Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Glendale, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 207 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree physical sciences students list, Glendale Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $8,597 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 198 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Physical Sciences students per year to attend Mesa Community College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
OCCC also made our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma City Community College is $6,842 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Taos Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. UNM Taos is located in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 associates’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
UNM Taos also made our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Taos Campus is $8,786 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Valencia County Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. UNM Valencia is a public institution located in Los Lunas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM Valencia, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,151 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students per year to attend UNM Valencia.
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University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Gallup, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.
UNM Gallup also took the #6 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,622 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students per year to attend UNM Gallup.
With a ranking of #7, University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus is a small public school situated in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It awarded 2 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM Los Alamos, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,136 for southwest region associate degree physical sciences students per year to attend UNM Los Alamos.
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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%.
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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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