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2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$27,649 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,856 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medicine Colleges.

Top 10 Best Medicine Schools

$21,694 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to be the best value school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio undergraduate students pay an average of $21,694 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.

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$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a great value for medicine students. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TTUHSC are $22,230 a year.

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$23,692 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Medical Branch is a great value for medicine students. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

UTMB Galveston undergraduate students pay an average of $23,692 in tuition and fees each 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. Located in the city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value 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 undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #4 for overall quality for medicine in the Southwest Region .

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$19,333 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Rio Grande Valley are $19,333 a year.

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$24,769 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UOHSC are $24,769 a year.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

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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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.

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