2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southwest Region
2
Ranked Colleges
5
Degrees Awarded
$42,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 706 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 523rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 19 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ethnic studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ethnic studies.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Ethnic Studies Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full TCU Ethnic Studies Report
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 Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at UT Austin
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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
- *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 G. MГјtzel.
