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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology in New Jersey (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
186 Degrees Awarded
$7,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 102,043 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general biology is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 2,965 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,188 and $24,701 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 186 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general biology 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 general biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The biology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology in New Jersey (With Aid)

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus is a medium-sized school located in Sewell, New Jersey that handed out 9 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

RCSJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. It costs about $7,913 for New Jersey Associate Degree Biology students with aid per year to attend RCSJ.

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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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