2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region
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Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,514 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $19,618 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 155 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,445 and $22,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural sciences.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southeast Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bossier Parish Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bossier City, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 55 degrees to qualified associates’s natural sciences students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Full Bossier Parish Community College Natural Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas is a small public school situated in De Queen, Arkansas. It awarded 11 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at UA Cossatot
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Park College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. National Park College is a small school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas that handed out 3 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full National Park College Natural Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Newport. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. ASUN is a small public school situated in Newport, Arkansas. It awarded 3 associates’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Sciences at ASUN
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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.
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