by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,415 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 77th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,085 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,069 and $22,177 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 859 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in anthropology.
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The anthropology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree anthropology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern University is a small school located in Georgetown, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 29 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 29 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s anthropology 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%.
Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 97 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Tulsa landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OBU is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Northern Arizona University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Anthropology at Northern Arizona University
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 30 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Anthropology at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
University of North Texas came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
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 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%.
With a ranking of #18, Rice University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #19, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 ranking of #20, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Anthropology at Texas A&M University - College Station
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 14 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Southern Methodist University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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