by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,247 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 292 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 189 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. That schools that top this list have a program in linguistics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The linguistics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s linguistics 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #4 spot on the list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s linguistics degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s linguistics students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Baylor University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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