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2022 Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,913 people earned their degree in microbiology, making the major the 223rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 506 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 microbiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in microbiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality microbiology 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 microbiology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree microbiology students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Microbiology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 8 masters’s microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Microbiology at OSU

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Microbiology at Arizona State University - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s microbiology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech Microbiology Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s microbiology students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Microbiology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Microbiology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s microbiology students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Microbiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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