2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking.

Physical Sciences is the 19th most popular major in the country with 50,306 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Nebraska, there were 229 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,304 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful physical sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Nebraska

1

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate. Northeast is a medium-sized school located in Norfolk, Nebraska that handed out 1 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physical Sciences at Northeast Community College

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Sciences Major in Nebraska for an Associate list. Western Nebraska Community College is a small public school situated in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It awarded 0 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WNCC Physical Sciences Report

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• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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