2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. 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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The media management 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree media management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689.

Full University of Houston Arts & Media Management Report

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 20 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at SMU

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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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