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2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
2,079 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 20,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,079 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,079 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medicine program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree medicine students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#13 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’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.

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#11 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 49 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #11 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#12 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 102 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#10 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 210 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 181 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree medicine students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

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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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