by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Latino Studies is the 462nd most popular major in the country with 800 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 76 latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in latino studies. That schools that top this list have a program in latino studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree latino studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s latino studies degrees to 7 students 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%.
Read more about Latino Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s latino studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s latino studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s latino studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s latino studies degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 10 bachelors’s latino studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Latino Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe
Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OLLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’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%.
Southern Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latino Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s latino studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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