2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s

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

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

1

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

#11 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 22 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full TCU Natural Sciences Report

2

Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. OBU is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 10 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Sciences at OBU

3

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Chickasha, Oklahoma

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. USAO is a small school located in Chickasha, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

3

Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. DBU is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dallas Baptist University Natural Sciences Report

5

Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Our Lady of the Lake University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. OLLU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Our Lady of the Lake University Natural Sciences Report

5

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at University of Arizona

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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