2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Native American Studies is the 578th most popular major in the country with 421 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 106 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Native American studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Native American studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Native American studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Native American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree american indian studies students.

Read full report on Native American Studies at UNM

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Native American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree American Indian Studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Native American Studies Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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