2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Writing in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 856 people earned their degree in general writing, making the major the 500th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 99 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general writing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general writing programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general writing students.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Writing in the Southwest Region

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin General Writing Report

2

Saint Edward's University
Austin, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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 General Writing at Saint Edward’s University

3

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

#11 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general writing degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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 General Writing at TCU

4

Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Writing at Houston Baptist University

5

Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lubbock Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended General Writing Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Lubbock Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Writing at Lubbock Christian University

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Writing

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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