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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Advertising in the Southwest Region

11 Ranked Colleges
822 Degrees Awarded
$18,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Advertising is the 138th most popular major in the country with 4,751 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 897 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 822 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the advertising 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 Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Advertising in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 105 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend Texas Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech Advertising Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.

UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Houston Advertising Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 113 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend Texas State.

Read more about Advertising at Texas State

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 87 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Advertising Report

#5

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

Full Northern Arizona University Advertising Report

#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#9 in overall quality

Grand Canyon University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

Full Grand Canyon University Advertising Report

#7

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#11 in overall quality

Lamar University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend Lamar University.

Full Lamar University Advertising Report

#10 in overall quality

The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 29 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, UTEP has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

Read more about Advertising at The University of Texas at El Paso

#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 344 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree advertising students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Advertising Report

#10

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Oral Roberts University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.

Read more about Advertising at Oral Roberts University

#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend Southern Methodist University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full SMU Advertising Report

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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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