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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 214 people earned their degree in chemistry education, making the major the 831st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 26 chemistry education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 chemistry education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chemistry education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemistry education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The chemistry teacher education 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 Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Chemistry Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry teacher education students per year to attend Northern Arizona University.

Full NAU Chemistry Education Report

#2

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,039 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry teacher education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry teacher education students list, Baylor has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Chemistry Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry teacher education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Chemistry Education at Baylor

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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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