by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 1,062 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,002 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree health and wellness students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Quinn College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Paul Quinn College
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the #2 spot on the list. Prairie View A & M University is a medium-sized school located in Prairie View, Texas that handed out 84 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Prairie View A & M University
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 Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas Southern University General Health & Wellness Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 107 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 222 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 326 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 94%. 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%.
Full Texas A&M College Station General Health & Wellness Report
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 Texas ranking. Parker University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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 Texas ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 102 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students 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%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio General Health & Wellness Report
The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking. UT Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 23 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees 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%.
Full The University of Texas at Tyler General Health & Wellness Report
Rice University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #10. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Lamar University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 #12, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas list. UT 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 full report on General Health & Wellness at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health and wellness students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Health & Wellness at Sam Houston State University
McMurry University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in Texas ranking. McMurray University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Health & Wellness at McMurry University
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