by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 22,778 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,382 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,674 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 24 colleges that offered a degree in general public health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general public health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The general public health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general public health students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Round Rock, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dine College landed the #3 spot on the list. Dine College is a public institution located in Tsaile, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Schreiner University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region. Schreiner University is a small school located in Kerrville, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Public Health at Schreiner University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 269 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northern Arizona University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 280 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 27 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at University of North Texas at Dallas
American InterContinental University - Online landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. AIU Online is a private for-profit institution located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Public Health at American InterContinental University - Online
Sam Houston State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 108 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 221 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Public Health at University of Arizona
Langston University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Langston University is a small public school situated in Langston, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Public Health at Langston University
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school awarded 159 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 218 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Read more about General Public Health at Texas A&M College Station
Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 173 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin General Public Health Report
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus General Public Health Report
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Tarleton State University is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
Texas State University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Weatherford, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 19 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at Arizona State University - Tempe
East Texas Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Marshall, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Public Health at East Texas Baptist University
With a ranking of #21, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 112 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at Grand Canyon University
With a ranking of #21, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M International University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M International University is a public institution located in Laredo, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Public Health at Texas A&M International University
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