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2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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157 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Women's Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Women’s Studies is the 254th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 157 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality women’s studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the women’s studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region women’s studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 16 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $15,757 for southwest region women’s studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 full report on Women’s Studies at UT Austin

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 ’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,399 for southwest region women’s studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Read more about Women’s Studies at University of Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 ’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,033 for Southwest Region Women’s Studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Women’s Studies Report

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 ’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

UNM also made our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $16,557 for Southwest Region Women’s Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full UNM Women’s Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. ASU - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 ’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $15,891 for Southwest Region Women’s Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full ASU - Skysong Women’s 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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