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2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$10,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 29,162 people earned their degree in biological and physical sciences, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 570 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical sciences 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 biological and physical sciences 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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

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 #1 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTSA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $11,109 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $13,326 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at Texas Tech University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, UH Downtown has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,131 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at UH Downtown

#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,292 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas State University.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at Texas State

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, SHSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,634 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SHSU.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at SHSU

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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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