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2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Women's Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Women’s Studies is the 254th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 157 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in women’s studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great women’s studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the women’s studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,044 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Women’s Studies at ASU - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 10 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of Arizona

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $12,203 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Women’s Studies Report

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full UNM Women’s Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #4 spot on the list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $12,037 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Women’s Studies at ASU - Skysong

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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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