2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management 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 arts and media management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s media management degrees to qualified students.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at University of Houston

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Arts & Media Management Report

#3

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s media management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SMU Arts & Media Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k)

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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