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2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

6 Ranked Colleges
618 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,387 people earned their degree in science technologies / technicians, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 618 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in science technologies / technicians. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent science technologies / technicians programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the science technologies / technicians program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for bachelor’s degree science tech students.

Read full report on Science Technologies / Technicians at Arizona State University - Skysong

#2

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Wisconsin - Stout is a medium-sized school located in Menomonie, Wisconsin that handed out 29 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Stout also took the #6 spot in our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,839 for bachelor’s degree science tech students per year to attend UW - Stout.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - Stout Science Technologies / Technicians Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona - Sierra Vista. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Arizona - Sierra Vista is a public institution located in Sierra Vista, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Sierra Vista also made our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.

Read more about Science Technologies / Technicians at University of Arizona - Sierra Vista

#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 Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 25 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $12,995 for Bachelor’s Degree Science Tech students.

Full UAA Science Technologies / Technicians Report

#5

Campbell University

Buies Creek, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s science tech degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

Campbell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Campbell is $24,544 for Bachelor’s Degree Science Tech students.

Full Campbell University Science Technologies / Technicians Report

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 69 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #5 spot in our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for Bachelor’s Degree Science Tech students per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Science Technologies / Technicians Report

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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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