2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist (Income $0-$30k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist is the 1052nd most popular major in the country with 84 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 cytotechnology/cytotechnologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cytotechnology/cytotechnologist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the cytotechnology/cytotechnologist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree cytotechnology/cytotechnologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

Fennimore, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$8,167 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fennimore, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s cytotechnology/cytotechnologist degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Southwest Tech also made our “Best Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is $8,167 for associate degree cytotechnology/cytotechnologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist at Southwest Tech

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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