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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 3,082 people earned their degree in linguistics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 260 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in linguistics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their linguistics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree linguistics students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s linguistics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s linguistics degrees to 2 students 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 9 doctorate’s linguistics 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region. UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s linguistics degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rice University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Linguistics Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 12 doctorate’s linguistics degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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