2025 Best Native American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

a bachelor's degree in native american studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #489 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Native American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 47 bachelor's degrees in native american studies to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to native american studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other native american studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized native american studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for native american studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Native American Studies in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in native american studies.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in American Indian Studies

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in native american studies. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in native american studies has to take a look at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Native American Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best native american studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	377	15
Arizona	356	15
New Mexico	202	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to American Indian Studies

One of 11 majors within the Ethnic Studies area of study, Native American Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Women’s Studies	82
Latino Studies	52
African American Studies	19
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	11
Ethnic Studies	7
Disability Studies	3
Asian-American Studies	1

Notes and References

• 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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