by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,105 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,129 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general health and wellness program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Quinn College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the #2 spot on the list. PVAMU is a medium-sized public school situated in Prairie View, Texas. It awarded 84 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Texas Southern University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 107 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.
Full Texas Woman’s University General Health & Wellness Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 222 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to 326 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Texas A&M University - College Station
Parker University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Parker University
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 102 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rice University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Arizona State University - Skysong
Southern Nazarene University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southern Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lamar University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lamar University is a fairly large public school situated in Beaumont, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Lamar University
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 23 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at ASU - Tempe
Sam Houston State University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Sam Houston State University
McMurry University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking. McMurry University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at McMurray University
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 0 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at University of Arizona
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