2022 Best Value Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great publishing 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 publishing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The publishing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Publishing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$7,265 Average Net Price

$46,583 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Houston - Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 ’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

UH Victoria also took the #1 spot in our “Best Publishing Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,265 for Southwest Region Publishing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UH Victoria.

Read full report on Publishing at UH Victoria

• Best Value Colleges for Publishing (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Harris & Ewing.

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