2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis is the 699th most popular major in the country with 368 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Schools

The cultural studies/critical theory and analysis 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 Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in the Southwest Region

1

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis at Texas A&M Kingsville

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis at ASU - Tempe

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to AngMoKio.