2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,822 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,993 and $21,462 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,747 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 22 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
Top 22 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southwest Region
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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 104 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also took the #10 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.
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Out of the 22 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small school located in Weatherford, Oklahoma that handed out 18 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students list, SWOSU has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services 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 Science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 214 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend UH.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. 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 science degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students list, Angelo State has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Angelo State is $13,819 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.
Texas Woman’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 112 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Rio Grande Valley, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.
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%.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 92 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. It costs about $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend UTSA.
Sam Houston State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 67 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students list, SHSU has also earned the #17 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend Sam Houston State University.
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With a ranking of #10, Lamar University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students list, Lamar University has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
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Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 59 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.
SFASU also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.
With a ranking of #12, Parker University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.
Parker University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Parker University is $22,244 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.
The 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.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 115 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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Texas State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students list, Texas State has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Health Sciences & Services 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 Science students.
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The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Tyler also took the #12 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,974 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend The University of Texas at Tyler.
Prairie View A & M University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
PVAMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #20 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Prairie View A & M University is $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 63 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Texas Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 58 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
TSU also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #21. The yearly cost to attend TSU is $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.
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South University, Austin ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Round Rock, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at South University, Austin, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South University, Austin is $23,470 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 300 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2019-2020.
UIW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the Incarnate Word is $24,784 for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 148 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Dallas, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Health Science students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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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%.
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- *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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