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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical physics 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 health/medical physics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree health/medical physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health/medical physics degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health/Medical Physics at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $48-$75k)

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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