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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
268 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Health Professions is the 100th most popular major in the country with 7,767 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other health professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region health professions students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s health professions degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,994 for Southwest Region Health Professions students with aid per year to attend NSU.

Full Northeastern State University Other Health Professions Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 3 ’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region health professions students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Arizona State University - Tempe

#3

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Carl Albert State College is a public institution located in Poteau, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carl Albert State College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carl Albert State College is $5,415 for southwest region health professions students with aid.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Carl Albert State College

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified ’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWOSU is $12,891 for Southwest Region Health Professions students with aid.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 40 ’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $36,222 for Southwest Region Health Professions students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Southern Methodist University

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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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