by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 8,484 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 843 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 602 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 21 colleges that offered a degree in entrepreneurship. That schools that top this list have a program in entrepreneurship in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The entrepreneurial studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Quinn College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Paul Quinn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 50 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Texas Christian University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. St. Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. DBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 51 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of North Texas ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Lamar University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Lamar University is a fairly large public school situated in Beaumont, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 82 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Grand Canyon University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 76 degrees to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Shawnee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Sam Houston State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at UT Rio Grande Valley
University of Houston landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Stephen F Austin State University
Oklahoma Wesleyan University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma Wesleyan University
With a ranking of #17, Northeastern State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 0 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
St. Mary’s University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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