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 Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Entrepreneurship is the 158th most popular major in the country with 8,484 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 843 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 94 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Texas Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. East Texas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marshall, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at East Texas Baptist University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 2 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Advancing Technology Entrepreneurship Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UH Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 17 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at University of Houston - Victoria
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Langston University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Langston University is a small school located in Langston, Oklahoma that handed out 3 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. HBU is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Houston Baptist University
Dallas Baptist University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s entrepreneurial studies students 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.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 7 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #9, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 20 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Aspen University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. This medium-sized school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 1 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Southern Methodist University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 0 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Dallas landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Dallas is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irving, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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