by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Architecture is the 127th most popular major in the country with 4,982 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 961 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,912 and $24,587 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 713 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general architecture.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architecture students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region. Prairie View A & M University is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Prairie View A & M University General Architecture Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 125 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Architecture at Texas Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 76 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 89 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rice University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 80 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 98 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Architecture at Texas A&M University - College Station
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architecture degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 bachelors’s architecture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Architecture at Arizona State University - Tempe
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Architecture Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Architecture at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
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