by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Latino Studies is the 462nd most popular major in the country with 883 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 58 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Latino studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Latino studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The latino studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino 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 Latino 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 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Latino Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Latino Studies at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Latino studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Latino Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s 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.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 4 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Latino Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe
Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Our Lady of the Lake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Latino Studies at Our Lady of the Lake University
With a ranking of #8, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Latino Studies at Southern Methodist University
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