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2022 Best Value Colleges for Individualized Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

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722 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Individualized Studies is the 35th most popular major in the country with 36,493 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 722 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in individualized studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent individualized studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the individualized studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region individualized studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Individualized Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 81 ’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,757 for Southwest Region Individualized Studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at UT Austin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 11 ’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Individualized Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe Individualized Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s individualized studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region individualized studies students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M Commerce has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,033 for Southwest Region Individualized Studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at Texas A&M University - Commerce

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 155 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,812 for Southwest Region Individualized Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Individualized Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 47 ’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $31,813 for southwest region individualized studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SMU.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Individualized Studies at Southern Methodist University

#6

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas

Wayland Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Plainview, Texas, and it awarded 312 ’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayland Baptist University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,799 for southwest region individualized studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Wayland Baptist University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at Wayland Baptist University

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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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