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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 941 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural sciences.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southwest Region

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Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. USAO is located in Chickasha, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Dallas Baptist University

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences 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 Natural Sciences at University of Arizona

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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