by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 979,380 health professions students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country. In , health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $49,056 and had an average of $35,351 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 120,559 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,184 and $28,175 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21,367 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 180 colleges that offer a degree in health professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health professions.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carrington College, Mesquite. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baptist Health System School of Health Professions. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Baptist Health System School of Health Professions is a small private for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 276 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Baptist Health System School of Health Professions Health Professions Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest University at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 445 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston International College Cardiotech Ultrasound School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Medical Institute - Mesa. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 224 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
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Galen College of Nursing - San Antonio did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Galen College of Nursing - San Antonio is a small private for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 520 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Carrington College-Mesa ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 119 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Platt College - Tulsa ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Platt College - Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 39 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College is located in Miami, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 116 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Pima Medical Institute - Tucson landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 550 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Pima Medical Institute - Tucson Health Professions Report
Dallas Nursing Institute did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Richardson, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Western Oklahoma State College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Western is a small school located in Altus, Oklahoma that handed out 90 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Carrington College, Phoenix North landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small private for-profit school awarded 223 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Weatherford College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Weatherford College is a medium-sized public school situated in Weatherford, Texas. It awarded 270 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #15, Carl Albert State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Poteau, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 138 degrees to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
GateWay Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 440 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Concorde Career College - Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Concorde Career College - Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 105 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Concorde Career College - Dallas Health Professions Report
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 229 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Concorde Career College - San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s health professions degrees to 101 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
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Murray State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. This small school is located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and it awarded 107 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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With a ranking of #21, Carrington College, Albuquerque did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Carrington College, Albuquerque is a small private for-profit school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 56 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Carrington College, Albuquerque Health Professions Report
Tulsa Community College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 631 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Connors State College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. CSC is located in Warner, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 135 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Pima Medical Institute - El Paso landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 49 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Pima Medical Institute - El Paso Health Professions Report
Northern Oklahoma College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern Oklahoma College is a small public school situated in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. It awarded 97 associates’s health professions degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Not only did these schools make the top 28 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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