2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,240 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,810 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 20 colleges that offer a degree in communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
Top 20 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 256 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
UT Permian Basin also took the #8 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Permian Basin is $10,092 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 289 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts 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 #4 spot on the list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Angelo State University is a public institution located in San Angelo, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Angelo State also took the #10 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Angelo State University is $13,819 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
University of Houston did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 26 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 82 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
UH Downtown also took the #12 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston - Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
With a ranking of #8, Southwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students list, SWOSU has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,891 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students per year to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
With a ranking of #10, University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake also took the #9 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Clear Lake is $10,612 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 247 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students per year to attend UT Arlington.
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With a ranking of #12, Texas A&M International University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M International University is located in Laredo, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M International University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M International University is $3,074 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 49 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students per year to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
Texas A&M University - San Antonio ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M San Antonio also took the #14 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M San Antonio is $11,511 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
University of Houston - Victoria ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Victoria, Texas, this small public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students list, UH Victoria has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Victoria is $8,967 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Kingsville, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 346 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Oral Roberts University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
ORU also made our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #16. The yearly cost to attend Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
Baylor University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 161 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saint Edward’s University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. St. Edward’s University is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 44 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students per year to attend Saint Edward’s 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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