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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region

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118 Degrees Awarded
$33,500 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the 30th most popular major in the country with 16,243 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,881 and had an average of $22,102 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,390 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,742 and $22,986 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students.

Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort-Worth, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 6 doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 ASU - Tempe Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report

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