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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,868 people earned their degree in women’s studies, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 138 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their women’s studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree women’s studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 2 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 14 masters’s women’s 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.
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