2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 1,484 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 168 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

Richard Bland College of William and Mary

South Prince George, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,160 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Richard Bland College of William and Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in South Prince George, Virginia, this small public school awarded 168 degrees to qualified associates’s physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RBC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RBC is $11,160 for Virginia Associate Degree Physical Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Richard Bland College of William and Mary Physical Sciences Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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