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2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 516 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in individualized studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great individualized studies programs and 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students with aid list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UT Austin Individualized Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Studies students with aid.

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

#3 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 #3 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 155 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students with aid list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Studies students with aid per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Individualized Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#4

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 205 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayland Baptist University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $25,152 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students with aid 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.

Full Wayland Baptist University Individualized Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 47 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Studies students with aid per year to attend SMU.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Individualized Studies at Southern Methodist 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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