by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Physiology & Pathology Sciences is the 88th most popular major in the country with 8,813 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physiology and pathology sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,932 and had an average of $23,672 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 816 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,288 and $19,868 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 631 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in physiology and pathology sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physiology and pathology sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree physiology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region list. OBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physiology degrees to 264 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 279 bachelors’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MSU Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region list. MSU Texas is a medium-sized school located in Wichita Falls, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small school located in Killeen, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s physiology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physiology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Full University of the Incarnate Word Physiology & Pathology Sciences Report
Dallas Baptist University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 28 bachelors’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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