2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Southwest Region
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Media Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 9,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 719 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 589 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality media arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the media arts 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 Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
Top 13 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Southwest Region
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 140 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students per year to attend Texas State.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 86 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Oral Roberts University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ORU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
ORU also took the #13 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students per year to attend ORU.
Abilene Christian University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Abilene Christian also took the #9 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Abilene Christian University is $26,809 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
With a ranking of #11, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of the Incarnate Word is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
UIW also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend UIW is $24,784 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
With a ranking of #12, Baylor University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 56 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor also took the #5 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students per year to attend Baylor University.
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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Edward’s University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Edward’s University is $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students.
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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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