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2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$16,628 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,681 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree School for You

With 177,778 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, biological and biomedical sciences is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for biological and biomedical sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named El Paso Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Paso Community College are $5,314 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Texas State Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,369 a year.

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#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the # 3 spot on the list. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Antonio College are $14,122 per year.

San Antonio College also claimed a spot on our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio College Report

#4

Rogers State University

Claremore, OK

The excellent associate degree programs at Rogers State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biological and biomedical sciences schools in the Southwest Region . RSU is a small public school located in the town of Claremore.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RSU are $15,960 a year.

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#5

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Antonio, Northwest Vista College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northwest Vista College are $14,122 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northwest Vista College also is in the top 20% of our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Northwest Vista College Report

With a ranking of #6, Dallas Baptist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for biological and biomedical sciences students working on their associate degree. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DBU are $33,620 per year.

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Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best biological and biomedical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,582
Texas 13,714
New Mexico 740
Oklahoma 1,804

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 6,206
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 4,566
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 4,420
Biotechnology 3,911
Zoology 2,984
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,957
Genetics 1,543
Pharmacology & Toxicology 1,042
Botany/Plant Biology 691
Molecular Medicine 83

Majors Similar to Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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