2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Oncology & Cancer Biology is the 874th most popular major in the country with 170 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 23 oncology & cancer biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 oncology & cancer biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in oncology & cancer biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in oncology & cancer biology.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree oncology and cancer biology students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Oncology & Cancer Biology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s oncology and cancer biology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arizona Oncology & Cancer Biology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s oncology and cancer biology degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Oncology & Cancer Biology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Oncology and Cancer Biology Major 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. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s oncology and cancer biology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Oncology & Cancer Biology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
