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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$18,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$86,730 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree School for You

With 35,945 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health Sciences & Services

Our analysis found University of North Texas to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,485
Arizona 232
Oklahoma 257
New Mexico 468

Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

Majors Similar to Health Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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