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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$33,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 842 people earned their degree in medical science, making the major the 254th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, medical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $150,200 and had an average of $85,505 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 medical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree medical science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medical Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 3 doctorate’s medical science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medical Science at University of Arizona

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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.

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