2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,746 people earned their degree in physician assistant, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 728 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 694 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physician assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant 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 Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#10 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 91 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#9 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant 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 Northern Arizona University are $19,489.

Full Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#11 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

Read more about Physician Assistant at UNM

#4

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#12 in overall quality

$14,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hardin - Simmons are $14,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hardin - Simmons Physician Assistant Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $75-$110k)

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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