2023 Best Physical Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Sciences for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 239 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 192 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical science programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the physical science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Sciences for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Physical Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Sciences for an Associate. Located in South Prince George, Virginia, this small public school handed out 157 diplomas to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.
RBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 2,218 students enrolled at RBC, 57 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,737. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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