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2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 23,605 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality humanities 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 humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students with aid per year to attend UT Austin.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Humanities at The University of Texas at Austin

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students with aid.

Read more about Humanities at UTSA

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students with aid list, NAU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students with aid per year to attend Northern Arizona University.

Read more about Humanities at Northern Arizona University

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students with aid.

Read more about Humanities at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also took the #7 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students with aid.

Read full report on Humanities at University of Houston - Downtown

#4 in overall quality

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students with aid.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Humanities Report

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #2 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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

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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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