2023 Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

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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 “Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in American U.S. studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in American U.S. studies.

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Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies 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 United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s United States studies degrees to qualified students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Most Popular 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.