2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
68Insurance Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in insurance, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #325 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for insurance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 68 degrees in insurance to qualified students.
The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. For our Best Overall Insurance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Insurance Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Insurance in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the insurance degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Baylor University if you want to pursue a degree in insurance. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of North Texas if you want to pursue a degree in insurance. UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were about 25 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in insurance has to check out University of Central Oklahoma. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 10 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent data year.
University of Houston - Downtown is a great option for students interested in a degree in insurance. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 50th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 20 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. For our Best Overall Insurance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
