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2022 Best Value Colleges for Medicine in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
2,079 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 20,073 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 40th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,079 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in medicine. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medicine programs that also have a lower cost than 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 medicine program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Medicine in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 39 ’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Medicine students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 49 ’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region medicine students with aid list, UT Austin has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region medicine students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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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#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 102 ’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #13 spot in our “Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region medicine students with aid.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools 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. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 210 ’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Medicine students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 181 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Medicine students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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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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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