2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,345 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 209th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,257 and had an average of $22,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,170 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Vallue Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Vallue Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Oklahoma Baptist University is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 5 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

OBU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OBU is $21,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Oklahoma Baptist University Natural Sciences Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income Over $110k)

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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