2024 Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

a doctor's degree in health sciences & services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #87 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for health sciences & services students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 8 doctor's degrees in health sciences & services to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health sciences & services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health sciences & services students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health sciences & services students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health sciences & services students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Sciences & Services in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health sciences & services.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Health Science

1

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

3 Annual Graduates

University of North Texas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in health sciences & services. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in health sciences & services from University of North Texas

2

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

4 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at El Paso is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in health sciences & services. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in health sciences & services from The University of Texas at El Paso

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences & services schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	7
Oklahoma	92	1

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Health Sciences & Services Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Health Sciences & Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	8

Most Popular Majors Related to Health Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	2,945
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,349
Nursing	1,175
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,083
Dentistry	510
Chiropractic	318
Optometry	247
Communication Sciences	97
Alternative Medicine & Systems	88
Public Health	82

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo. More about our data sources and methodologies.