2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Biomedical Sciences is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,166 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,126 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,253 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in general biomedical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general biomedical sciences.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the Southwest Region
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 102 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, McMurry University landed the #2 spot on the list. McMurray University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 60 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M Kingsville General Biomedical Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 275 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general biomedical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Full Northern Arizona University General Biomedical Sciences Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Adventist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Keene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general biomedical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at Southwestern Adventist University
With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 518 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 72 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
With a ranking of #9, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tarleton General Biomedical Sciences Report
Sam Houston State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 65 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at SHSU
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at UT Rio Grande Valley
Oklahoma City University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Howard Payne University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Howard Payne is located in Brownwood, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Howard Payne University General Biomedical Sciences Report
University of Houston ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Biomedical Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Biomedical Sciences at University of Houston
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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
- *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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