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2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

American U.S. Studies is the 309th most popular major in the country with 1,596 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 69 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American U.S. studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American U.S. studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree united states studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s United States studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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  • *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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