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2022 Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
645 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,329 people earned their degree in neurosciences, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 724 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 645 neurosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in neurosciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great neurosciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the neurosciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Neurosciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, Rice has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $3,437 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Neurosciences at Rice

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 228 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read more about Neurosciences at UT Austin

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 25 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $7,044 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Read full report on Neurosciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 99 degrees to qualified bachelors’s neurosciences students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Neurosciences Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 193 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $10,857 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Neurosciences at The University of Texas at Dallas

#7 in overall quality

The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,092 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Neurosciences Report

#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Neurosciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baylor University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 54 bachelors’s neurosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #6 spot in our “Best Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $26,726 for southwest region bachelor’s degree neurosciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Neurosciences at Baylor University

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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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