2022 Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$16,180 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UTEP also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$22,122 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s health studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UOHSC also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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