by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 50,306 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,880 and had an average of $22,620 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 606 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,880 and $23,472 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $21,646 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Linn-Benton Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon list. Linn-Benton Community College is a small school located in Albany, Oregon that handed out 3 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. MHCC is a public institution located in Gresham, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oregon Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. SWOCC is a small public school situated in Coos Bay, Oregon. It awarded 0 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Physical Sciences at Southwestern Oregon Community College
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Clackamas Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Clackamas Community College is a medium-sized school located in Oregon City, Oregon that handed out 0 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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