2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Epidemiology is the 280th most popular major in the country with 2,305 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 198 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 $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in epidemiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their epidemiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree epidemiology students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in the Southwest Region
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 #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 Epidemiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Medical Branch landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas Medical Branch is a small school located in Galveston, Texas that handed out 3 doctorate’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Epidemiology at The University of Texas Medical Branch
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s epidemiology students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Epidemiology at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas Health Science Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Epidemiology Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas Health Science Center is a small school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 13 doctorate’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Epidemiology at University of North Texas Health Science Center
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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