2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 5,476 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 548 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 427 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 19 colleges that offered a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography 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 Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 19 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 91 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend UNT.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students list, Texas State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
Out of the 19 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 8 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Geography 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 Geography students.
Sam Houston State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU also took the #14 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students per year to attend SHSU.
With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 8 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Houston - Clear Lake ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Clear Lake is $10,612 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students.
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 3 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #17 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU also made our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #13, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 37 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography 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%.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students list, UNM has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Geography at Texas A&M University - College Station
With a ranking of #16, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.
With a ranking of #18, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 15 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geography students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Texas Christian University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend TCU.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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