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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 21,530 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 272 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in humanities. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their humanities program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree humanities students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dallas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region. University of Dallas is a small school located in Irving, Texas that handed out 28 masters’s humanities 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prescott College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region list. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s humanities degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayland Baptist University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Read full report on Humanities at Wayland Baptist University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s humanities students 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 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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