by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 632 people earned their degree in Latin American studies, making the major the 560th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 73 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in Latin American studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in Latin American studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree latin american studies students.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Latin American Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s Latin American studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 3 masters’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Latin American Studies at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Latin American studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
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