2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science Technicians in the Southeast 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 Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,227 people earned their degree in physical science technicians, making the major the 207th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physical science technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,771 and had an average of $10,612 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,058 physical science technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,967 and $10,193 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 193 physical science technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical science technicians programs, but they also cost less that 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 science technicians program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Physical Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree physical science tech students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science Technicians in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Ashland Community and Technical College

Ashland, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$5,442 Average Net Price

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ashland Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ashland Community and Technical College is a small school located in Ashland, Kentucky that handed out 50 associates’s physical science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ACTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Science Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,442 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Science Tech students with aid per year to attend ACTC.

Read full report on Physical Science Technicians at ACTC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Science Technicians (With Aid)

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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