2022 Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

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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 Mississippi, there were 1,354 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,050 and $24,985 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 191 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,964 and $13,187 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general biology. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Biology in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$3,714 Average Net Price

$21,781 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. Located in Wesson, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 79 degrees to qualified associates’s biology students in 2019-2020.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. It costs about $3,714 for Mississippi Associate Degree Biology students with aid per year to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Read full report on General Biology at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

#2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#2 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 #2 for the Best Value Biology Schools for an Associate in Mississippi 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 #2 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for Mississippi Associate Degree Biology students with aid.

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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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