2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region
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Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,918 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 136 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in women’s studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their women’s studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 18 Most Focused Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 3 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Rice
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of Tulsa
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s women’s studies degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Texas Woman’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 12 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at TCU
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified ’s women’s studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UNM Women’s Studies Report
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Full University of Arizona Women’s Studies Report
The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified ’s women’s studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UTSA Women’s Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 3 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at UTEP
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s women’s studies students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at NMSU Main Campus
Northern Arizona University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 4 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 NAU
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s women’s studies degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s women’s studies degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at Arizona State University - Skysong
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #14 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 17 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 Women’s Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe
University of North Texas landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 3 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at University of North Texas
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 8 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Texas A&M College Station
Southwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Georgetown, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s women’s studies degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at Southwestern
University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 0 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of Houston - Clear Lake
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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