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2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Humanities is the 31st most popular major in the country with 23,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 262 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 150 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,203 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UT Austin.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #5 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $10,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $9,251 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 33 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $16,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Humanities Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $12,297 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Humanities Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Houston - Downtown did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UH Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $0-$30k list, UH Downtown has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,065 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

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#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 8 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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