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2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
1,025 Degrees Awarded
$9,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. 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 Arizona, there were 1,074 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,600 and $16,310 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,025 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Glendale Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 207 diplomas to qualified associates’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Glendale Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Glendale Community College is $8,597 for Arizona Associate Degree Physical Science students with aid.

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#2

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Science Schools for an Associate in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 198 associates’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for Arizona Associate Degree Physical Science students with aid per year to attend Mesa Community College.

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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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