2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Epidemiology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 2,180 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 194 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great epidemiology programs and 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 epidemiology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree epidemiology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s epidemiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTHealth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are $32,904.

Read full report on Epidemiology at UTHealth

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 3 doctorate’s epidemiology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Epidemiology at University of Arizona

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology

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 Ernst Haeckel.

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