2022 Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Sports Studies is the 641st most popular major in the country with 476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 126 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sports studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports studies programs and cost less that 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 sports studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Studies in the Far Western US Region

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sports Studies at National University

#2

Whitworth University

Spokane, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$25,557 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sports Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitworth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports studies students in 2019-2020.

Whitworth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Whitworth is $25,557 for far western us region bachelor’s degree sports studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 full report on Sports Studies at Whitworth

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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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