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2022 Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
358 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,087 people earned their degree in cell biology and anatomical sciences, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,481 and had an average of $26,633 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 500 cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,950 and $17,492 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 358 cell biology and anatomical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in cell biology and anatomical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cell biology and anatomical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cell biology and anatomical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The cell biology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree cell biology students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern State University is $9,994 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

Full Northeastern State University Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s cell biology students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #3 spot on the list. Belton, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s cell biology degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMHB, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $27,099 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students per year to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor.

Read full report on Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at UMHB

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Baptist University is $26,387 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

Read full report on Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at DBU

#5

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #5 spot on the list. UST is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

UST not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UST is $18,476 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cell biology students.

Read full report on Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at University of St. Thomas

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 139 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Arizona Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

#1 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Cell Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s cell biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cell Biology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Report

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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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