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2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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269 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,419 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 448 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,425 and $22,388 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 269 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ethnic studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ethnic studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 23 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at ASU - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,466 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Ethnic Studies Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 36 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $13,575 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,458 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UNM.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #4 spot on the list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $12,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Ethnic Studies Report

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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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