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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 570 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,000 and $22,458 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in biological and physical science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science 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 science 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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Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

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 Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at UTSA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 35 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UH Downtown Biological & Physical Science Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech Biological & Physical Science Report

#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree biological science students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Texas State University Biological & Physical Science Report

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Biological Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological science students in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend SHSU.

Full SHSU Biological & Physical Science 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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