by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 60 people earned their degree in general science technologies/technicians, making the major the 349th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $60,154 and had an average of $13,084 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general science technologies/technicians. To top this list, a school must have a successful general science technologies/technicians program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Basin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate list. Great Basin College is a small school located in Elko, Nevada that handed out 20 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Great Basin College General Science Technologies/Technicians Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s science tech degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full College of Western Idaho General Science Technologies/Technicians Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delgado Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate list. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 5 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Science Technologies/Technicians at Delgado Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 3 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Rochester Institute of Technology General Science Technologies/Technicians Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s science tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Science Technologies/Technicians at Saint Paul College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washburn University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate. Topeka, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s science tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Washburn University General Science Technologies/Technicians Report
With a ranking of #7, Tompkins Cortland Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major for an Associate list. Tompkins Cortland is a small school located in Dryden, New York that handed out 0 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Science Technologies/Technicians at Tompkins Cortland
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