2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Science Technologies/Technicians is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,145 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $19,488 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 363 other science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,343 and $22,906 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 other science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other science technologies/technicians programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other science technologies/technicians 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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Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$10,562 Average Net Price

$49,019 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 69 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other science tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Science Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arizona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Science Technologies/Technicians at University of Arizona

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,037 Average Net Price

$56,979 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s other science tech degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Skysong is $12,037 for southwest region bachelor’s degree other science tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Other Science Technologies/Technicians at Arizona State University - Skysong

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Science Technologies/Technicians (Income $0-$30k)

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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