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2022 Best Value Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
81 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 699 people earned their degree in evolutionary biology, making the major the 502nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 81 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in evolutionary biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent evolutionary biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the evolutionary biology 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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Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified ’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

Rice also made our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,534 for Southwest Region Evolutionary Biology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rice.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rice University Evolutionary Biology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 ’s evolutionary biology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $13,270 for southwest region evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s evolutionary biology degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,575 for Southwest Region Evolutionary Biology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UT Austin.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at UT Austin

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified ’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $11,466 for Southwest Region Evolutionary Biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 ’s evolutionary biology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTEP has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTEP is $7,427 for Southwest Region Evolutionary Biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Evolutionary Biology at The University of Texas at El Paso

With a ranking of #6, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s evolutionary biology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #4 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $17,285 for southwest region evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Evolutionary Biology 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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