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2023 Most Popular Medical Science Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Medical Science 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 Most Popular Medical Science 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 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medical Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medical Science Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to be the most popular school for medical science students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UT Southwestern is a small public school located in the large city of Dallas.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public college with a small student population.

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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 #5 on this year’s Most Popular Medical Science Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOHSC is a small public school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

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With a ranking of #6, Baylor College of Medicine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medical science students. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medical science students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medical science programs. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medical Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public college with a small student population.

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#10

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ

Northern Arizona University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medical science programs. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

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Best Medical Science Colleges by State

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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 10 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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