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2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
1,224 Degrees Awarded
$13,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Biomedical Sciences is the 91st most popular major in the country with 10,239 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,133 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,224 general biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general biomedical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biomedical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general biomedical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Biomedical Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at UT Rio Grande Valley

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid list, UH has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students with aid per year to attend University of Houston.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Houston General Biomedical Sciences Report

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid list, SHSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 526 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 111 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Corpus Christi is $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid.

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#8 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Biomedical Sciences Report

#7

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 262 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree biomedical sciences students with aid list, NAU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

University of Central Oklahoma ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 64 bachelors’s general biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Sciences students with aid.

Full UCO General Biomedical Sciences Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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