2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,029 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 853 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
Top 18 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 199 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Communication & Media Studies Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, MSU Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Wichita Falls, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
MSU Texas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Texas is $10,045 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students list, ECU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for East Central University is $10,334 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 132 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #8 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Communication & Media Studies Report
With a ranking of #6, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students list, UH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend UH.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Texas Tech University
With a ranking of #8, Texas State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students list, Texas State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students.
Full Texas State University Communication & Media Studies Report
Stephen F Austin State University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
SFASU also took the #11 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi also took the #12 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students per year to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 19 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Tyler, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,974 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students per year to attend The University of Texas at Tyler.
Full The University of Texas at Tyler Communication & Media Studies Report
Wiley College ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Wiley College is located in Marshall, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students list, Wiley College has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wiley College is $17,666 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
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University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Belton, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
UMHB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $27,099 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend UMHB.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Mary Hardin - Baylor
With a ranking of #14, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSU, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TSU is $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students.
Oral Roberts University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ORU, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
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With a ranking of #16, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of the Incarnate Word is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UIW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the Incarnate Word is $24,784 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
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With a ranking of #17, Trinity University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 40 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Trinity U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students per year to attend Trinity U.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Trinity University
With a ranking of #18, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students per year to attend Texas Christian University.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Christian University
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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%.
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- *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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