2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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 Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis is the 799th most popular major in the country with 361 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 34 cultural studies/critical theory and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 cultural studies/critical theory and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cultural studies/critical theory and analysis. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cultural studies/critical theory and analysis programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the cultural studies/critical theory and analysis program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,915 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis students.

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#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students.

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

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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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