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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Neurosciences in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
645 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 9,329 people earned their degree in neurosciences, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 724 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 645 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in neurosciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality neurosciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the neurosciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The neurosciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Neurosciences in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Neurosciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 228 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full UT Austin Neurosciences Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #7 spot in our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students.

Read full report on Neurosciences at UTEP

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s neurosciences degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Neurosciences at University of Arizona

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 193 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #3 spot in our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Dallas Neurosciences Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Baylor University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s neurosciences degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Neurosciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Neurosciences at Baylor University

#7

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Rice University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s neurosciences students in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #2 spot in our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $16,999 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Neurosciences students.

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 student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Neurosciences at Rice

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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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