by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,954 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 484 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 400 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geography program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Geography Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 95 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geography students 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 34 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 20 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major 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 8 bachelors’s 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%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 26 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Geography at The University of Texas at San Antonio
Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 32 bachelors’s geography 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.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
Texas Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. 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 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad 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 92%.
With a ranking of #11, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Geography at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s geography 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.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 9 bachelors’s geography degrees 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.
Read more about Geography at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #16, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 5 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Geography Report
With a ranking of #19, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
