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

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/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health/Medical Physics is the 789th most popular major in the country with 231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical physics. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The health/medical physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Physics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 made our “Best Health/Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Full University of Arizona Health/Medical Physics Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Value Health/Medical Physics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health/medical physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health/Medical Physics at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’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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