2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 52,879 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. 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” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia.

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

#1

Richard Bland College of William and Mary

South Prince George, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$12,736 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for an Associate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Richard Bland College of William and Mary landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in South Prince George, Virginia, and it awarded 168 associates’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

RBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for RBC is $12,736 for Virginia Associate Degree Physical Sciences students.

Read more about Physical Sciences at RBC

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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