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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Native American Studies is the 585th most popular major in the country with 527 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 112 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 Native American 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 American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Native American studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Native American studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 10 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Southwest Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Institute of American Indian Arts is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Native American Studies at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

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Bacone College
Muskogee, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bacone College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Bacone College Native American Studies Report

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Dine College
Tsaile, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dine College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Tsaile, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Dine College Native American Studies Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at ECU

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 12 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at UNM

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Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Northeastern State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northeastern State University Native American Studies Report

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 full report on Native American Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Native American Studies at University of Arizona

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Northern Arizona University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northern Arizona University Native American Studies Report

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