2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Jewish Studies is the 453rd most popular major in the country with 1,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 5 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Jewish studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Jewish 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 Jewish studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewish Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Judaic Studies students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Jewish Studies Report

#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,023 Average Net Price

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 #2 for the Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Judaic Studies students per year to attend UT Austin.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Judaic studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Judaic Studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Jewish Studies at University of Arizona

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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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