by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 35,945 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 4,460 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,351 and $23,540 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,959 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 30 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health sciences and services.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree health science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Quinn College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major 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 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Paul Quinn College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small school located in Weatherford, Oklahoma that handed out 69 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Oklahoma State University Health Sciences & Services Report
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the #3 spot on the list. PVAMU is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 112 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2020-2021.
Full West Texas A&M University Health Sciences & Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Texas Southern University
Texas Woman’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 134 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas Woman’s University Health Sciences & Services Report
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 84 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
Full Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Health Sciences & Services Report
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 77 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Stephen F Austin State University
The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 180 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas at Dallas
Angelo State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Angelo State is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 222 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 University of Houston Health Sciences & Services Report
Parker University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Parker University
University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. UIW is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
East Texas Baptist University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. East Texas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marshall, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full East Texas Baptist University Health Sciences & Services Report
Sam Houston State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 326 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Texas A&M University - College Station
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Sciences & Services Report
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 82 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Texas State
University of Houston - Victoria did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Victoria, Texas, this small public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health Sciences & Services at University of Houston - Victoria
The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas at Tyler
With a ranking of #21, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health science degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Health Sciences & Services Report
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 bachelors’s health science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Arizona State University - Skysong
Southern Nazarene University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Nazarene University Health Sciences & Services Report
Lamar University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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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