by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,196 people earned their degree in African American studies, making the major the 389th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 48 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their African American studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s African American studies 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s African American studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s African American studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Southern Methodist University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Trinity University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about African American Studies at Arizona State University - Skysong
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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