2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Histologic Technician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Histologic Technician is the 890th most popular major in the country with 203 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 histologic technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 histologic technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in histologic technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great histologic technician 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 histologic technician 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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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 Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree histologic technician students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Histologic Technician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Houston Community College is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Histologic Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for southwest region associate degree histologic technician students with aid.

Read more about Histologic Technician at Houston Community College

#2

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,979 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Histologic Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Histologic Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $18,979 for southwest region associate degree histologic technician students with aid.

Read full report on Histologic Technician at Tarleton State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Histologic Technician (With Aid)

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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