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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 348 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,800 and $24,231 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,427 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UTEP.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at The University of Texas at El Paso

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $12,974 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Arts & Media Management Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #4 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at UCO

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Grand Canyon University Arts & Media Management Report

#5

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Oklahoma City University is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma City University is $19,034 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at OCU

#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#1 in overall quality

University of Tulsa ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $16,983 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Tulsa

#8 in overall quality

University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. UIW is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the Incarnate Word is $23,053 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full UIW Arts & Media Management Report

#6 in overall quality

Dallas Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

DBU also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Baptist University is $24,831 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at DBU

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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

  • *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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