2025 Best Portuguese Schools in the Southwest Region

Portuguese degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1010 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of portuguese. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2 degrees in portuguese annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Portuguese Schools List

Pick Your Portuguese Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Portuguese Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Portuguese in the Southwest Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the portuguese degree levels they offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Portuguese

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Any student pursuing a degree in portuguese needs to take a look at The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a degree in portuguese from The University of Texas at Austin

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in portuguese. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in portuguese from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Portuguese Colleges by State

Explore the best portuguese schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	0
New Mexico	416	2

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Portuguese Related Rankings by Major

Portuguese is one of 8 different types of Romance Languages programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Portuguese

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature	978
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	294
French Language & Literature	145
Italian Language & Literature	20
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	14
General Romance Languages	12

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro.

More about our data sources and methodologies.