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2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

11 Ranked Colleges
628 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 628 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 104 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at West Texas A&M University

#11 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students list, SWOSU has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $12,891 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students.

Full SWOSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s health studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students list, Angelo State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Angelo State is $13,819 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Angelo State University

#2 in overall quality

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 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students list, TWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TWU is $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 UT Rio Grande Valley General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#6

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#10 in overall quality

Sam Houston State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 51 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students list, SHSU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students.

Full Sam Houston State University General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 59 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students.

Full Stephen F Austin State University General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

#8 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 115 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,332 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Read full report on General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

#9

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Texas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health studies degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students.

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#10

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio, Texas
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health studies degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

UIW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,784 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students per year to attend University of the Incarnate Word.

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

#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 148 bachelors’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health studies students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at UT Dallas

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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.

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