2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
68Insurance Degrees Awarded
$63,184Avg Early-Career Salary
Insurance is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #201 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Insurance Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 degrees in insurance annually.
Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The insurance 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 the Best Insurance Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Insurance in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of insurance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Baylor University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in insurance. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were about 7 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
University of North Texas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in insurance. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were about 25 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year. After graduation, insurance degree recipients generally make around $59,022 at the beginning of their careers.
It's difficult to beat University of Central Oklahoma if you wish to pursue a degree in insurance. UCO is a large public university located in the large suburb of Edmond. This university ranks 8th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 10 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in insurance needs to take a look at University of Houston - Downtown. UH Downtown is a large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 50th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 20 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
