2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

American U.S. Studies is the 350th most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 60 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in American U.S. studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in American U.S. studies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Southwest Region

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s United States studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about American U.S. Studies at UNM

2

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 #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 6 doctorate’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.