by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 32,731 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,322 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,269 and $24,656 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 215 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 41 colleges that offer a degree in history. That schools that top this list have a program in history 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 associate degree history students.
Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Blinn College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brenham, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Big Spring, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 15 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose State College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. RSC is a medium-sized school located in Midwest City, Oklahoma that handed out 5 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Central New Mexico Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 38 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
Austin Community College District ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 22 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, South Texas College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in McAllen, Texas, and it awarded 16 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Del Mar College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
Temple College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Temple, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Wharton County Junior College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Wharton, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
Houston Community College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Chandler, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Paris Junior College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Paris, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Scottsdale Community College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #16, Paradise Valley Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Paradise Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #17, South Plains College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Arizona Western College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona Western College is a medium-sized school located in Yuma, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Mesa Community College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Glendale Community College came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Glendale Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Glendale, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Hill College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Hill College is a small public school situated in Hillsboro, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Texarkana College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Texarkana College is located in Texarkana, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. ENMU - Ruidoso Campus is located in Ruidoso, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
Full Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus History Report
San Antonio College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
Cochise County Community College District did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. This small school is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Palo Alto College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Palo Alto College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
GateWay Community College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Northeast Lakeview College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Northeast Lakeview College is a medium-sized school located in Universal City, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Arizona College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Thatcher, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwest Vista College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Phoenix College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Connors State College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Connors State College is a small school located in Warner, Oklahoma that handed out 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Mohave Community College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Kingman, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Estrella Mountain Community College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Estrella Mountain Community College is a public institution located in Avondale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #21, Clarendon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Clarendon, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
St Philip’s College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
Rogers State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Claremore, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s history 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%.
Alvin Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Alvin is a small school located in Alvin, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
South Mountain Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.
Rio Salado College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rio Salado College is a fairly large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 0 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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