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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
269 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,419 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 448 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,425 and $22,388 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 269 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ethnic 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 ethnic studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students per year to attend ASU - Skysong.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #4 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

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

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 31 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Read more about Ethnic Studies at University of Arizona

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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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