2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American U.S. studies 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 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree united states studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s United States studies students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best American U.S. Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

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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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