2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,958 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 68 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. That schools that top this list have a program in general health and wellness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree health and wellness students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Southwest Region

1

Carrington College, Phoenix North
Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carrington College, Phoenix North. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health and wellness degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.

Full Carrington College, Phoenix General Health & Wellness Report

2

Tyler Junior College
Tyler, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Health & Wellness at Tyler Junior College

3

Angelina College
Lufkin, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelina College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lufkin, Texas, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.

Full Angelina College General Health & Wellness Report

4

Palo Alto College
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palo Alto College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region. Palo Alto College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Palo Alto College General Health & Wellness Report

4

South University, Austin
Round Rock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South University, Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region. Round Rock, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health and wellness degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at South University, Austin

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.