2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 21,951 people earned their degree in chemistry, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,803 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,257 and $21,293 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,287 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 30 colleges that offer a degree in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry 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 chemistry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Odessa, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students list, UT Permian Basin has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is $10,092 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MSU Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Wichita Falls, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Texas, the school also landed the #24 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Texas is $10,045 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 31 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students list, UCO has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend UCO.
Tarleton State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton State University is $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
University of Houston - Downtown landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Downtown also took the #22 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston - Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
University of North Texas landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 42 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
UNT also took the #11 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
SHSU also took the #20 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Corpus Christi, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi also took the #12 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,332 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
With a ranking of #12, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #23 on our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend Texas Tech.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Texas State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Chemistry 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 chemistry students.
With a ranking of #15, Southeastern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Durant, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern Oklahoma State University is $8,237 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students list, OSU has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend OSU.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #19 on our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
UTEP also made our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #25. It costs about $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students per year to attend UTEP.
With a ranking of #20, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Tempe also took the #6 spot in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 5 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.
Stephen F Austin State University landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend SFASU is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
Texas Southern University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for TSU is $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.
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With a ranking of #25, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 134 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chemistry students per year to attend UT Austin.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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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%.
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- *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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