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2022 Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
391 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physiology 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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physiology & Pathology Sciences is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 8,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physiology and pathology sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,215 and had an average of $29,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 509 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,800 and $19,455 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 391 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physiology and pathology sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physiology and pathology sciences 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 physiology and pathology sciences 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 physiology 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 Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physiology & Pathology Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

MSU Texas

Wichita Falls, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, MSU Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wichita Falls, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physiology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students list, MSU Texas has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,045 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students per year to attend MSU Texas.

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at MSU Texas

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physiology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students list, OSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physiology 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.

Full OSU Physiology & Pathology Sciences Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physiology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students list, DBU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DBU is $26,387 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students.

Full DBU Physiology & Pathology Sciences Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 304 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physiology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Physiology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at University of Arizona

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physiology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIW, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,784 for southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students per year to attend University of the Incarnate Word.

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at University of the Incarnate Word

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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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