2023 Most Focused Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 854 people earned their degree in modeling, virtual environments and simulation, making the major the 483rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 20 modeling, virtual environments and simulation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in modeling, virtual environments and simulation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their modeling, virtual environments and simulation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region modeling, virtual environments and simulation students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation in the Southwest Region

1

University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, Arizona

$37,459 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,969 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 2 ’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation at University of Advancing Technology

2

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

$56,947 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,294 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified ’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation at University of Tulsa

3

University of Houston - Victoria
Victoria, Texas

$42,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,503 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Victoria is a public institution located in Victoria, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation at UH Victoria

4

Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#22 overall quality in Southwest

$53,502 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,896 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lee College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Southwest Region. Baytown, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation at Lee College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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