2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Insurance is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 86 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the insurance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,086 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students list, UNT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend University of North Texas.

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 full report on Insurance at UNT

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$16,562 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Insurance Report

#3

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$6,848 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also took the #4 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

Read more about Insurance at UH Downtown

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,039 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Insurance at Baylor University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance

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

Footnotes

• *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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