by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
French Language & Literature is the 257th most popular major in the country with 2,544 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 152 French language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 French language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 24 colleges that offered a degree in French language and literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in French language and literature.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree french language students.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sherman, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s French language students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region. Southwestern University is located in Georgetown, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s French language degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 16 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dallas. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region. University of Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Trinity University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s French language degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Arizona ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s French language 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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With a ranking of #8, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s French language degrees 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 0.2% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #9, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s French language degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Saint Edward’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s French language degrees to 9 students 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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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s French language degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 13 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Houston ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s French language degrees to qualified students.
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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #19, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s French language degrees 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 #20, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus French Language & Literature Report
With a ranking of #21, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus French Language & Literature Report
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s French language degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #22, University of St. Thomas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s French language degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full University of St. Thomas French Language & Literature Report
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on French Language Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2020-2021.
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