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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
2,079 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 20,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,079 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,079 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine 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 medicine 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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#13 in overall quality

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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 doctorate’s medicine degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#10 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 210 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 181 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree medicine students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#11 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 49 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#12 in overall quality

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 #5 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 102 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #12 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at UNM

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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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