2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,387 people earned their degree in science technologies / technicians, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science technologies / technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,463 and had an average of $14,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,370 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,117 and $16,103 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in science technologies / technicians. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent science technologies / technicians 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 science technologies / technicians program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$13,971 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 68 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also took the #2 spot in our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Science Tech students.

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#2

University of Arizona - Sierra Vista

Sierra Vista, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona - Sierra Vista. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Sierra Vista also made our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.

Read more about Science Technologies / Technicians at UA Sierra Vista

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s science tech degrees to 69 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #3 spot in our “Best Science Technologies / Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Science Tech 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.

Read more about Science Technologies / Technicians at University of Arizona

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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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