2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region

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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 30,811 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,448 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 190 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health services/allied health/health sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general health services/allied health/health sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree health studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences in the Southwest Region

1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 172 degrees to qualified masters’s health studies students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at UT Rio Grande Valley

2

The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at The University of Texas at Tyler

3

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s health studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Report

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.