2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biology Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

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 Biological Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 91,804 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, biology studies is the 6th most popular major in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 15,000 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 417 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biology studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biology studies programs and cost less that 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 biology studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree biological sciences students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biology Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus

Sewell, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$7,913 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. RCSJ is a medium-sized school located in Sewell, New Jersey that handed out 9 associates’s biological sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

RCSJ also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biology Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $7,913 for middle atlantic region associate degree biological sciences students with aid per year to attend Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus.

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#2

York College of Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$20,652 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, York College of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in York, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s biological sciences students in 2019-2020.

YCP also made our “Best Biology Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for York College of Pennsylvania is $20,652 for middle atlantic region associate degree biological sciences students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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