2024 Best Native American Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
112American Indian Studies Degrees Awarded
Native American Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #585 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for native american studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 112 degrees in native american studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The american indian studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Native American Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Native American Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The american indian 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 the Best Native American Studies Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Native American Studies in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of american indian studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in American Indian Studies
Every student who is interested in native american studies has to look into Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 17 native american studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in native american studies. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 16 native american studies students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Southeastern Oklahoma State University if you want to pursue a degree in native american studies. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Durant. This university ranks 9th out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 29 native american studies students who graduated with this degree at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The american indian studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Native American Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Native American Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
