2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Marketing is the 16th most popular major in the country with 52,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,323 and had an average of $24,975 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 6,234 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,667 and $25,152 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 290 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in marketing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marketing 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 marketing 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 Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree marketing students.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marketing in the Southwest Region
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s marketing degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 masters’s marketing degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Arizona, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University also took the #9 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 26 masters’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree marketing students list, UH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,549, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marketing degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 59 masters’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree marketing students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of the Southwest came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of the Southwest is a small school located in Hobbs, New Mexico that handed out 4 masters’s marketing degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree marketing students list, USW has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500.
University of Arizona came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s marketing degrees to qualified students.
University of Arizona also made our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.
Southern Methodist University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s marketing students in 2019-2020.
SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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