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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 22,314 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 302 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in humanities. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in humanities.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree humanities students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Irving, Texas, and it awarded 25 masters’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prescott College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s humanities 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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