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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

1 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Physical Sciences is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 170 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $11,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 168 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree physical science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

Richard Bland College of William and Mary

South Prince George, Virginia

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 Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in South Prince George, Virginia, this small public school awarded 168 diplomas to qualified associates’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

RBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend RBC is $11,081 for virginia associate degree physical science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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

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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