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2022 Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 “Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 23,605 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 262 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 150 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

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 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%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Humanities Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

UTSA also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UTSA.

Read full report on Humanities at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Humanities at Northern Arizona University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 33 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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 Humanities at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Read more about Humanities at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

University of Central Oklahoma came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #4 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

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#7 in overall quality

University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Houston, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Humanities at University of Houston - Downtown

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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