Associate Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Associate Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Biological and Physical Sciences programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 48 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Black Hawk CollegeMoline, Illinois$5,500——$7k$37k40%2,354145 mi2City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, Illinois$5,500——$9k$31k21%1,6614 mi3City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois$5,583——$6k$42k31%4,3727 mi4Morton CollegeCicero, Illinois$6,000——$5k$42k31%2,6408 mi5Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey$6,128——$7k$34k26%6,6262 mi6Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois$6,196——$10k$37k36%5,675254 mi7Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois$6,363——$2k$41k42%2,04085 mi8Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois$6,500——$2k$43k21%9,30637 mi9Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois$6,500——$3k$44k40%7,49015 mi10Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California$6,625——$7k$38k36%15,25945 mi11Rock Valley CollegeRockford, Illinois$6,632——$5k$39k37%4,35960 mi12Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California$6,848——$6k$43k36%18,13241 mi13Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$7,334——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi14McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois$7,500——$7k$45k37%4,69128 mi15San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$7,785——$6k$45k35%16,0985 mi16College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois$7,833——$8k$43k37%9,42010 mi17Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$8,042——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi18Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois$8,067——$11k$45k39%5,72143 mi19William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois$8,250——$12k$48k48%9,31316 mi20City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois$8,250——$8k$38k27%2,7898 mi21South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, Illinois$8,271——$3k$34k28%2,0429 mi22Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois$8,315——$3k$38k44%2,487237 mi23Laurel Ridge Community CollegeMiddletown, Virginia$8,400——$6k$41k45%3,19562 mi24Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois$8,628——$8k$38k32%3,348114 mi25Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia$8,650——$14k$43k40%2,73086 mi26Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California$8,712——$8k$41k37%18,34638 mi27City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois$8,750——$7k$37k26%4,2071 mi28Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California$8,945——$2k$41k31%18,8709 mi29City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois$8,965——$7k$32k18%6,4093 mi30Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$9,036——$3k$42k30%15,10934 mi31Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California$9,205——$2k$36k62%4,21070 mi32San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas$9,250——$12k$43k30%22,9695 mi33Kishwaukee CollegeMalta, Illinois$9,407——$5k$40k45%1,93659 mi34City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois$9,500——$8k$36k32%2,505< 1 mi35City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois$9,500——$9k$28k31%1,7773 mi36Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$9,787——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi37Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois$10,000——$4k$38k48%3,976176 mi38Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia$10,400——$7k$38k34%3,9413 mi39Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$10,500——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi40Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$10,562———$69k—6,70720 mi41College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois$10,664——$7k$47k25%16,11423 mi42J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia$10,948——$5k$40k32%5,58623 mi43Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois$10,984——$4k$42k29%6,90210 mi44Heartland Community CollegeNormal, Illinois$11,000——$12k$41k54%2,997113 mi45Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$12,000——$10k$44k19%13,8723 mi46Shasta CollegeRedding, California$12,324——$3k$39k23%6,12894 mi47American River CollegeSacramento, California$14,400——$8k$40k37%25,62139 mi48Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$19,10491%1012$9k$55k47%8,10648 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.