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2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 biological and physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in biological and physical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biological and physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rice University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at Rice University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s biological and physical sciences students in 2019-2020.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k list, SFASU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephen F Austin State University are $15,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Sciences at SFASU

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s biological and physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Biological & Physical Sciences Report

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biological & Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s biological and physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree biological & physical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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