by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,837 people earned their degree in art education, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 132 art education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 art education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in art education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in art education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sherman, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s art education students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 7 masters’s art education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art education degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Art Education at University of North Texas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s art education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Art Education at The University of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’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.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Education Major in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 0 masters’s art education degrees in 2020-2021.
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