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

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

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

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students.

Full ASU - Skysong Women’s Studies Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 8 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus 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 #3 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. 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.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Women’s Studies Report

#1 in overall quality

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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Women’s 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 Women’s Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree women’s studies students.

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

Full University of Arizona 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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