2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent publishing 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 publishing 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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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 for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree publishing students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Victoria landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston - Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Victoria also took the #1 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Victoria are $15,466, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UH Victoria Publishing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (With Aid)

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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