2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region
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Ethnic Studies is the 99th most popular major in the country with 9,231 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,818 and had an average of $22,901 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 419 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,632 and $24,486 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 246 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer a degree in ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in ethnic 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 Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 27 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 27 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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 Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Dine College is a public institution located in Tsaile, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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Texas Christian University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Rice University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 20 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Ethnic Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 3 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of Tulsa Ethnic Studies Report
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at UTSA
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 38 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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With a ranking of #13, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Northeastern State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Northeastern State University is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 3 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Houston landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Northern Arizona University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Ethnic Studies Report
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Ethnic Studies Report
Southern Methodist University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Southwestern University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern University is located in Georgetown, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ethnic Studies at Southwestern University
With a ranking of #22, Trinity University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Trinity University
Austin College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sherman, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Austin College Ethnic Studies Report
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