2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 116 people earned their degree in photojournalism, making the major the 885th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 13 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photojournalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the photojournalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$16,562 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students.

Read full report on Photojournalism at University of Central Oklahoma

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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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