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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Art History is the 192nd most popular major in the country with 3,491 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 208 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in art history. That schools that top this list have a program in art history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree art history students.

Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Art History in the Southwest Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s art history degrees 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Art History at TCU

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Art History at Southern Methodist University

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Art History at Rice University

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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 #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s art history students in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Art History Report

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art history degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Houston Art History Report

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art history degrees to 1 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Art History at UT Dallas

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s art history students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 more about Art History at UNM

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art history degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Arizona Art History Report

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With a ranking of #9, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s art history students in 2021-2022.

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%.

Read full report on Art History at OSU

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University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Art History at UNT

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s art history degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Art History at University of Oklahoma

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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees 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%.

Read more about Art History at UTSA

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