2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Entrepreneurship is the 158th most popular major in the country with 8,911 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 898 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their entrepreneurship program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree entrepreneurial studies students.
Top 13 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Texas Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. East Texas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Texas. It awarded 25 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 Entrepreneurship at East Texas Baptist University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Advancing Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 2 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at University of Advancing Technology
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Victoria landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston - Victoria is a small public school situated in Victoria, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Houston - Victoria Entrepreneurship Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Langston University landed the #4 spot on the list. Langston University is located in Langston, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Langston University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region. HBU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Houston Baptist University Entrepreneurship Report
Dallas Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 20 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at DBU
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 19 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arizona Entrepreneurship Report
With a ranking of #8, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 more about Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M College Station
With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full The University of Texas at Dallas Entrepreneurship Report
Aspen University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Aspen University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Full Aspen University Entrepreneurship Report
Southern Methodist University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Entrepreneurship at SMU
University of Dallas came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 0 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Full University of Dallas Entrepreneurship Report
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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