by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 15,009 people earned their degree in romance languages, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, romance languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,474 and had an average of $22,151 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,570 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,736 and $19,783 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 128 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in romance languages. That schools that top this list have a program in romance languages in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree romance languages students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 25 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Romance Languages at University of Arizona
With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Romance Languages Report
Texas State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 11 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Romance Languages Report
Texas Tech University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
University of North Texas ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s romance languages degrees 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.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 3 masters’s romance languages 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Romance Languages at University of Oklahoma
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s romance languages students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Romance Languages Report
The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Romance Languages Report
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Romance Languages Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Romance Languages Report
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