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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and physical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and physical sciences programs and cost less that 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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences 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. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Biological & Physical Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students.

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#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. 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.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region 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 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 University is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students.

Full Texas State University Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students.

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

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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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