2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,097 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 424th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 433 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 410 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,848 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to 85 students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also took the #2 spot in our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management students per year to attend UH Downtown.

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#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees to 325 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

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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