2022 Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 203 people earned their degree in histologic technician, making the major the 890th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 histologic technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 histologic technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in histologic technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great histologic technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the histologic technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Histologic Technician in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston Community College is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Histologic Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Histologic Technician students.

Read more about Histologic Technician at Houston Community College

#2

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,979 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 11 associates’s histologic technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Histologic Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton State University is $18,979 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Histologic Technician students.

Read more about Histologic Technician at Tarleton State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Histologic Technician

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla.

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