2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 26,642 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,386 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 147 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health services/allied health/health sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health studies degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Rio Grande Valley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#2

The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, Texas

$16,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Tyler. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Tyler are $16,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at The University of Texas at Tyler

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s health studies degrees to qualified students.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at SHSU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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

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