2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in the Southwest Region

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 Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 570 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,000 and $22,458 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science 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 science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological science degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at Texas Tech University

#2

Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stephen F Austin State University are $15,695.

Read more about Biological & Physical Science at Stephen F Austin State University

#3

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$16,180 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biological science students list, UTEP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Biological & Physical Science Report

#4

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Biological & Physical Science at UT Dallas

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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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