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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

10 Ranked Colleges
1,586 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy 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 has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 19,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $103,354 and had an average of $116,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,586 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $119,791 and $118,493 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences 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 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences 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 Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 5 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $6,211 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full South Plains College Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 113 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $11,454 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 95 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Tyler is $6,797 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at The University of Texas at Tyler

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 132 degrees to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k list, UH has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $10,203 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Houston

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 130 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #10 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona

Southwestern Oklahoma State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small public school situated in Weatherford, Oklahoma. It awarded 172 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

SWOSU also took the #11 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,746 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at SWOSU

With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 139 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $12,203 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UT Austin

#8

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

With a ranking of #8, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 119 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $13,242 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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University of the Incarnate Word came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 82 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UIW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,597 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UIW.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UIW

#10

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Texas Southern University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 89 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSU, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Southern University is $19,390 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Texas Southern University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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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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