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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
70 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,811 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $57,694 and had an average of $23,336 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 86 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,800 and $22,210 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great insurance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the insurance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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.

Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 34 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree insurance students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $9,082 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Insurance at University of North Texas

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCO.

Read full report on Insurance at University of Central Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $6,131 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Houston - Downtown Insurance Report

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $29,849 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The 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 more about Insurance at Baylor University

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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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