2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is the 91st most popular major in the country with 8,718 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,843 and had an average of $24,525 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,291 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,900 and $17,707 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 547 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in health/medical prep programs. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical prep programs 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 health/medical prep programs 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 Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical prep degrees to 231 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $7,044 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 125 bachelors’s medical prep degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Skysong is $12,037 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $12,297 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 6 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $13,242 for southwest region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $26,726 for southwest region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical prep degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
LCU also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Lubbock Christian University is $21,361 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Mary Hardin - Baylor did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is located in Belton, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s medical prep degrees to qualified students.
UMHB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is $24,867 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Abilene Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical prep degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Abilene Christian also made our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Abilene Christian is $24,153 for southwest region bachelor’s degree medical prep students whose families make $0-$30k.
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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%.
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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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