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2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 36,493 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 722 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 516 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in individualized studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great individualized studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the individualized studies 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 Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies (Income $30-$48k) 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 Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $13,575 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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 full report on Individualized Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $10,580 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Texas A&M Commerce Individualized Studies Report

#3 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 #3 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 155 bachelors’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #3 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $17,285 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Individualized Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $27,331 for southwest region bachelor’s degree individualized studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Individualized Studies at Southern Methodist University

#5

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Plainview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 205 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s individualized studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayland Baptist University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayland Baptist University is $23,238 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The 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.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at Wayland Baptist University

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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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