2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in Oregon

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 169,876 biological and biomedical sciences students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,082 and had an average of $24,534 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 1,904 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,554 and $23,326 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biological and biomedical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and biomedical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological and biomedical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in Oregon

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 11 associates’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $8,914 for Oregon Associate Degree Biological & Biomedical Sciences students per year to attend Portland Community College.

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Portland Community College

#2

Oregon Coast Community College

Newport, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$9,175 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Coast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Oregon list. Oregon Coast Community College is a small school located in Newport, Oregon that handed out 1 associates’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon Coast Community College also made our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Oregon Coast Community College is $9,175 for Oregon Associate Degree Biological & Biomedical Sciences students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Oregon Coast Community College Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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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