2024 Best Value Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.
Entrepreneurial Studies is the 120th most popular major in the country with 11,319 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,578 and had an average of $25,632 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 957 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,812 and $26,432 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurial studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great entrepreneurial studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the entrepreneurial studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region entrepreneurship students.
Top 19 Best Value Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 62 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,237 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
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%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 36 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $18,919 for southwest region entrepreneurship students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 Entrepreneurial Studies at Texas A&M College Station
Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 76 degrees to qualified ’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
Grand Canyon University also took the #11 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $20,585 for southwest region entrepreneurship students per year to attend Grand Canyon University.
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%.
Full Grand Canyon University Entrepreneurial Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UNT also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $14,122 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Full UNT Entrepreneurial Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
HBU also took the #14 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $18,932 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Full HBU Entrepreneurial Studies Report
Lamar University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school situated in Beaumont, Texas. It awarded 27 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
Lamar University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $11,739 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Lamar University
University of Houston did quite well in the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s entrepreneurship degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,721 for southwest region entrepreneurship students per year to attend UH.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at UH
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 102 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $13,107 for southwest region entrepreneurship students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full ASU - Tempe Entrepreneurial Studies Report
University of Arizona landed the #9 spot on the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 85 ’s entrepreneurship degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region entrepreneurship students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,358 for southwest region entrepreneurship students per year to attend University of Arizona.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Arizona
With a ranking of #10, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s entrepreneurship degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
SHSU also took the #15 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $15,035 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at SHSU
University of Houston - Victoria did quite well in the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Houston - Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 17 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
UH Victoria also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #18. The estimated yearly cost for UH Victoria is $9,262 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Houston - Victoria
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s entrepreneurship degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #16 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $3,743 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
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 Entrepreneurial Studies at UT Rio Grande Valley
The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 9 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region entrepreneurship students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,526 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full The University of Texas at Dallas Entrepreneurial Studies Report
Dallas Baptist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 19 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
DBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend DBU is $25,301 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at DBU
With a ranking of #15, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2024 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region entrepreneurship students list, UTSA has also earned the #17 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $10,549 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
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%.
Full UTSA Entrepreneurial Studies Report
Langston University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Langston, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified ’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Langston University, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Langston University is $12,384 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Langston University
Baylor University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s entrepreneurship degrees to 94 students in 2020-2021.
Baylor also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $37,309 for southwest region entrepreneurship students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Baylor University Entrepreneurial Studies Report
Texas Christian University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 50 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region entrepreneurship students list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $39,942 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students.
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 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%.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at TCU
Saint Edward’s University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools in the Southwest Region list. St. Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 15 ’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Edward’s University also took the #13 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,110 for Southwest Region Entrepreneurship students per year to attend St. Edward’s University.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Saint Edward’s University
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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