2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 176 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in epidemiology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great epidemiology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the epidemiology 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 Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s epidemiology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M College Station Epidemiology Report

#2

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s epidemiology degrees to 98 students in 2019-2020.

UTHealth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTHealth are $32,904.

Read more about Epidemiology at UTHealth

#3

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$20,453 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas Health Science Center. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UNT Health Science Center is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s epidemiology degrees to qualified students.

UNT Health Science Center did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas Health Science Center are $20,453, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Epidemiology at University of North Texas Health Science Center

• Best Value Master’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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