by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Linguistics is the 206th most popular major in the country with 3,247 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 292 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in linguistics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree linguistics students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s linguistics degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, 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 undergraduate students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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