by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,387 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 10 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Jewish studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Jewish studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 97%.
Read full report on Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Jewish Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Judaic studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, 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.
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