2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health Sciences & Services
Our 2023 rankings named University of North Texas the best value school in the Southwest Region for health sciences and services students working on their doctor’s degree. UNT is a very 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 large 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #3 on our 2023 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.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 a year.
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Explore the best health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,485 |
| Arizona | 232 |
| Oklahoma | 257 |
| New Mexico | 468 |
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Majors Related to Health Science
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.
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