2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science in California (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,184 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 244th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 60 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational science 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science in California (With Aid)

#1

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, California

#1 in overall quality

$9,196 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computational Science Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Modesto Junior College landed the #1 spot on the list. Modesto Junior College is located in Modesto, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

MJC also made our “Best Computational Science Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $9,196 for California Associate Degree Computational Science students with aid per year to attend Modesto Junior College.

Read full report on Computational Science at MJC

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computational Science (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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