2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,198 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,575 and $22,911 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$16,810 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 1 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ISU is $16,810 for rocky mountains region associate degree physical sciences students with aid.

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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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