2022 Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 the Southeast region, there were 27,088 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,313 and $24,646 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 282 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$3,714 Average Net Price

$21,781 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Copiah-Lincoln Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wesson, Mississippi, and it awarded 79 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree biology students with aid list, Copiah-Lincoln Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College is $3,714 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biology students with aid.

Read more about General Biology at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

#2

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$9,792 Average Net Price

$19,045 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Military College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualified associates’s biology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree biology students with aid list, Georgia Military College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Military College is $9,792 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biology students with aid.

Full Georgia Military College General Biology Report

#3

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$8,503 Average Net Price

$18,463 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 23 associates’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Biology students with aid.

Read full report on General Biology at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology (With Aid)

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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