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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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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 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at El Paso the most popular school in the Southwest Region for health sciences and services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in health science at UTEP, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas at El Paso

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

Of the 3 students majoring in health science at UNT, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of North Texas Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Southwest Region . UOHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public school with a small student population.

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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 4 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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