2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 382 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $17,535 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,815 and $15,092 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas associate degree physical sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Arkansas

#1

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$14,270 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas list. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Arkansas Associate Degree Physical Sciences students.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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