by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 9,231 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. 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 “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer a degree in ethnic studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular ethnic studies programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 27 schools in the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ethnic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
Out of the 27 schools in the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 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%.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 more about Ethnic Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio
Texas Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
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.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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 full report on Ethnic Studies at Arizona State University - Skysong
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Santa Fe, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Institute of American Indian Arts Ethnic Studies Report
East Central University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Texas A&M University - College Station
University of Tulsa ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #19, Northeastern State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. NSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 bachelors’s ethnic 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%.
Bacone College ranked #19 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Dine College ranked #21 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Dine College is a small school located in Tsaile, Arizona that handed out 1 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Austin College ranked #22 on this year’s Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s 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.
University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 0 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%.
Full University of Houston - Clear Lake Ethnic Studies Report
Southern Methodist University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Southern Methodist University
Our Lady of the Lake University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Southwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Southwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Georgetown, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Trinity University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Trinity University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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