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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
268 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 268 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,800 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region health professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 3 ’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $8,921 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Poteau, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified ’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

Carl Albert State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Carl Albert State College is $4,840 for southwest region health professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #3 spot on the list. NSU is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also made our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for NSU is $7,543 for southwest region health professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Northeastern State University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region health professions students whose families make $30-$48k list, SWOSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,904 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s health professions degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $27,331 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Southern Methodist University Other Health Professions Report

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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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