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2023 Best Value Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$26,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Medical Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Medical Science is the #25 most popular major in the country with 909 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Medical Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for medical 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 Medical Science

Our analysis found The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public school with a small student population.

UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 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 Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #3 for overall quality for medical science in the Southwest Region .

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Baylor College of Medicine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Baylor College of Medicine graduate students pay an average of $29,896 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 San Antonio. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UTSA graduate students pay an average of $27,560 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Medical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 48
Arizona 8
Oklahoma 6

Medical Science is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist 853
Clinical and Translational Science 52
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain 4

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 5 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).

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