2023 Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You
Medicine is the #41 most popular major in the country with 28,629 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for medicine 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.
Top 10 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio the best value school in the Southwest Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Health San Antonio are $13,448 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Southwestern are $17,845 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a great value for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.
TTUHSC graduate students pay an average of $19,056 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTMB Galveston are $21,997 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Baylor College of Medicine is a great value for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baylor College of Medicine are $29,896 a year.
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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree medicine programs. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.
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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 a year.
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Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,974 |
| Arizona | 473 |
| Oklahoma | 269 |
| New Mexico | 229 |
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Majors Related to Medicine
One of 30 majors within the area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Medicine
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 322,592 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.