2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Graphic Communications is the 127th most popular major in the country with 7,475 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, graphic communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,819 and had an average of $28,832 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 986 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,675 and $32,933 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in graphic communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great graphic communications 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 graphic communications program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,617 Average Net Price

$31,127 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic communication students in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students with aid per year to attend SHSU.

Full Sam Houston State University Graphic Communications Report

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students with aid.

Read more about Graphic Communications at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications (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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