2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree latino studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Latino Studies in the Southwest Region

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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 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 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Latino Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s Latino studies students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Latino Studies at University of Arizona

3

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

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 Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s Latino studies degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.

Read more about Latino Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Latino Studies

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

Footnotes

• *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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