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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor'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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Biology Education is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 90 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biology education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biology education 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 biology education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Biology Teacher Education 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 Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biology teacher education students in 2019-2020.

NAU also made our “Best Biology Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biology teacher education students with aid per year to attend NAU.

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#2

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Wesleyan University is a small school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Wesleyan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biology Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $23,473 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biology Teacher Education students with aid per year to attend Texas Wesleyan.

Read more about Biology Education at Texas Wesleyan University

#3

Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Our Lady of the Lake University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. OLLU is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

OLLU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biology Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OLLU is $17,537 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biology Teacher Education students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belton, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMHB, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biology Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $27,099 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biology Teacher Education students with aid per year to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biology Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biology teacher education students with aid per year to attend Baylor University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

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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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