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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
1,045 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Salary
Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,195 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,400 and $13,605 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,045 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general physical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general physical sciences 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 general physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlesex County College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Middlesex County College is located in Edison, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 180 associates’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Middlesex County College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $8,535 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Middlesex County College.

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#2

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LaGuardia Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. LaGuardia Community College is a fairly large school located in Long Island City, New York that handed out 258 associates’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LaGuardia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LaGuardia Community College is $10,131 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical science degrees to 103 students in 2019-2020.

BMCC also made our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,582 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend BMCC.

Full BMCC General Physical Sciences Report

#4

Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medgar Evers College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Medgar is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 204 associates’s physical science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Medgar has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Medgar Evers College is $9,868 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Medgar General Physical Sciences Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s physical science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

RIT also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $28,684 for middle atlantic region associate degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend RIT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology General Physical Sciences Report

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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%.

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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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