2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in the Southwest Region
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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,966 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 971 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,908 and $20,361 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their area studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree area studies students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort-Worth, Texas. It awarded 71 doctorate’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Area Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s area studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Area Studies at UNM
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s area studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Area Studies at University of Arizona
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 #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s area studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Area Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
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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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- *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.
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