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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Sciences is the 29th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 570 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical sciences 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 biological and physical sciences 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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,827 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $14,250 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Texas State University Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

UH Downtown also made our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

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#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,832 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SHSU.

Full SHSU Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,421 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Physical Sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech University Biological & Physical 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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