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2022 Best Value Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
268 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,767 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 268 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,800 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health professions 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 other health professions 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 Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Other Health Professions (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,044 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Health Professions at ASU - Tempe

#2

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Poteau, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified ’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

Carl Albert State College also made our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Carl Albert State College is $4,409 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Carl Albert State College Other Health Professions Report

#3

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NSU is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,614 for southwest region health professions students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NSU.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Weatherford, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s health professions degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

SWOSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $9,746 for southwest region health professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 40 ’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $26,718 for Southwest Region Health Professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 full report on Other Health Professions at SMU

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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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