2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences and services programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 134 masters’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #2 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 science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sam Houston State University are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$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 #3 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Tyler are $16,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at UT Tyler

#4

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Southern Methodist University

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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.

Credits

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

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