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2022 Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
1,974 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,145 people earned their degree in other science technologies/technicians, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $19,488 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,974 other science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other science technologies/technicians. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other science technologies/technicians programs that also have a lower cost than 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 other science technologies/technicians program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Oakland Community College

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Oakland Community College is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 243 associates’s other science tech degrees to qualified students.

Oakland Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $-51 for associate degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oakland Community College. A negative average net price may seem strange, but it generally means that financial aid will more than cover the cost to attend the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified associates’s other science tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pierpont Community and Technical College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pierpont Community and Technical College is $7,439 for Associate Degree Other Science Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truckee Meadows Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other science tech degrees to 509 students in 2019-2020.

Truckee Meadows Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,470 for Associate Degree Other Science Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Truckee Meadows Community College.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other science tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,986 for associate degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAA.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Clermont College landed the #5 spot on the list. UC Clermont College is located in Batavia, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s other science tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, UC Clermont College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Clermont College is $8,017 for Associate Degree Other Science Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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