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2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Women's Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in women’s studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent women’s studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the women’s studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Women’s 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 women’s studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students with aid.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Women’s Studies Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

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 #3 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 8 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students with aid per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students with aid.

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

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

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

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

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Women’s Studies Report

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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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