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Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

51 Colleges
$17,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions 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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Aspen University the best value school in the Southwest Region for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Aspen University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Aspen University are $4,357 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Aspen University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Parker University

Dallas, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Parker University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . Parker University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

Parker University graduate students pay an average of $13,512 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Health San Antonio are $13,448 per year.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Grand Canyon University also did well on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $10,911 in tuition and fees each year.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TTUHSC is a moderately-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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Northwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Alva, NWOSU is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NWOSU are $10,571 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public college 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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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas Medical Branch did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTMB Galveston are $21,997 per year.

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#10

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Wesleyan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Wesleyan are $21,243 a year.

Texas Wesleyan excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 24,705
Texas 45,833
New Mexico 3,731
Oklahoma 6,642

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

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