2025 Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
565Individualized Studies Degrees Awarded
Individualized Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #38 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of individualized studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 565 degrees in individualized studies annually.
Your choice of individualized studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Individualized Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The individualized studies 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 the Best Individualized Studies Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Individualized Studies in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the individualized studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Individualized Studies
It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a degree in individualized studies. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 114 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in individualized studies has to check out University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Norman. This university ranks 1st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 76 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in individualized studies. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #142 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in individualized studies has to check out Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 10 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Plainview, Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 215 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at Wayland Baptist University in the most recent data year.
Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Austin. This university ranks 76th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 7 individualized studies students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Texas in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of individualized studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Individualized Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
