2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Science Technologies / Technicians is the 37th most popular major in the country with 7,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, science technologies / technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,463 and had an average of $14,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,442 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,775 and $12,608 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 779 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science technologies / technicians. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science technologies / technicians programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science technologies / technicians program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Pierpont Community and Technical College

Fairmont, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,426 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also made our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Pierpont Community and Technical College is $8,426 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Ashland Community and Technical College

Ashland, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$4,631 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. ACTC is a small school located in Ashland, Kentucky that handed out 50 associates’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ACTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ashland Community and Technical College is $4,631 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians (Income $30-$48k)

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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