by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 883 people earned their degree in Latino studies, making the major the 462nd most popular in the United States.
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 “Most Well Attended Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in Latino studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful Latino studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree latino studies students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 3 masters’s Latino studies 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.
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 #2 for the Most Well Attended Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 masters’s Latino studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s Latino studies degrees 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.
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