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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Biological & Physical Sciences is the 29th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biological and physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological and physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biological and physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Houston - Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid 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 University of Houston - Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid.

Full UH Downtown Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#3

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid list, Texas State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid.

Full Texas State Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid list, SHSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech 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 Getting Aid. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid list, Texas Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at Texas Tech

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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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