2022 Best Value Colleges for Housing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Housing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Housing is the 310th most popular major in the country with 911 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,733 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great housing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the housing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Housing Schools

The housing 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 Housing 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. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

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

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

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,317 Average Net Price

$45,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 4 ’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region housing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Housing Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $12,317 for Southwest Region Housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Housing at Texas Tech

• Best Value Colleges for Housing (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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