by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Modern Languages is the 234th most popular major in the country with 2,871 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 287 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in modern languages. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in modern languages.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree modern languages students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 44 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s modern languages degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #5 spot on the list. SFASU is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Modern Languages Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 11 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s modern languages degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Cameron University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Cameron University is a small school located in Lawton, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Modern Languages Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. OBU is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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