2022 Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,768 people earned their degree in health education, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 162 health education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 health education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in health education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health education programs and 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 health education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 9 bachelors’s school health education degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree School Health Education students per year to attend Northern Arizona University.

Read full report on Health Education at Northern Arizona University

#2

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$9,661 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 2 bachelors’s school health education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New Mexico Highlands University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,661 for southwest region bachelor’s degree school health education students per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value School Health Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s school health education students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree school health education students per year to attend UNM.

Read more about Health Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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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