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2023 Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

9 Colleges
$33,161 Avg Salary
$14,056 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found University of the Incarnate Word to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southwest Region . UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Of the 102 students majoring in health science at UIW, 50% are male and 50% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, health science graduates from UIW carry an average student debtload of $19,041.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carrington College, Phoenix North landed the # 2 spot on the list. Carrington College, Phoenix is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

About 90% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 10% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Brookline College - Phoenix is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their online associate degree. Brookline College - Phoenix is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Women make up 98% of the health science majors at the school.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

About 91% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 9% are male.

On average, health science graduates from OSU Institute of Technology take out $14,995 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#5

Temple College

Temple, TX

Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Temple College is a small public school located in the city of Temple.

About 95% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 5% are male.

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree health sciences and services programs. SWOSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Weatherford.

Of the 11 students majoring in health science at SWOSU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#7

Angelina College

Lufkin, TX

With a ranking of #7, Angelina College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health sciences and services students working on their online associate degree. AC is a small public school located in the town of Lufkin.

Of the 2 students majoring in health science at AC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Cochise County Community College District came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Parker University

Dallas, TX

Parker University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree health sciences and services programs. Located in the city of Dallas, Parker University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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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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 9 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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