2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 231 people earned their degree in health/medical physics, making the major the 789th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 36 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical physics 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 health/medical physics 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.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Health/Medical Physics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

$44,160 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 2 ’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Health/Medical Physics students with aid.

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

Read more about Health/Medical Physics at University of Arizona

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$41,938 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 #2 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 20 ’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region health/medical physics students with aid per year to attend UNM.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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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