2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biological & Physical Sciences is the 28th most popular major in the country with 30,032 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 108 biological & physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 biological & physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in biological & physical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in biological & physical sciences.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree biological & physical sciences students.
Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region. Massasoit Community College is located in Brockton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s biological & physical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at Massasoit Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Essex Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region. NECC is a public institution located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at NECC
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Biological & Physical Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. CCRI is a public institution located in Warwick, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at CCRI
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
