by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,046 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 878 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 33 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree media studies students.
Out of the 33 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wiley College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Wiley College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Trinity U is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Trinity University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Texas Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Marshall, 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 2020-2021.
Full East Texas Baptist University Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Huston - Tillotson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Huston - Tillotson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Huston - Tillotson University Communication & Media Studies Report
Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Communication & Media Studies Report
East Central University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. ECU is a small public school situated in Ada, Oklahoma. It awarded 17 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at East Central University
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 241 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Mary Hardin - Baylor Communication & Media Studies Report
Austin College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Sherman, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Austin College
With a ranking of #11, Lubbock Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Texas Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort Worth, 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 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Wesleyan
MSU Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. This medium-sized school is located in Wichita Falls, Texas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Southern University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 19 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Southern University
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 92 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 UT Rio Grande Valley Communication & Media Studies Report
Southwestern Assemblies of God University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small school located in Waxahachie, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Texarkana landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Texarkana is a small school located in Texarkana, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Texas A&M Texarkana
The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 29 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Communication & Media Studies at UT Tyler
Texas Christian University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Christian University
LeTourneau University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. LeTourneau University is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #22, Southern Nazarene University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Southern Nazarene University
Texas Tech University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 more about Communication & Media Studies at Texas Tech University
Oral Roberts University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Oral Roberts University
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Communication & Media Studies at University of the Incarnate Word
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