2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking.

Health/Medical Physics is the 789th most popular major in the country with 231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 36 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health/medical physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics

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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