2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 231 people earned their degree in health/medical physics, making the major the 789th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 36 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health/medical physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health/medical physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree health/medical physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 2 masters’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #0 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at University of Arizona

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s health/medical physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNM Health/Medical Physics Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $0-$30k)

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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