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2026 Highest Paid Arts Media Management Grads in the Southwest Region

[Arts Media Management](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/arts-media-management/) graduates earn very different salaries depending on where they study. The highest-paying schools turn a arts media management degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools to find where arts media management graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Arts Media Management Grads in the Southwest Region

2026 Highest Paid Arts Media Management Grads in the Southwest Region

If you want to know which schools send arts media management graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Arts Media Management Graduates

1

Austin Community College District
Austin, TX

$36,420 Average Early-Career Salary

Austin Community College District earned the #1 spot for highest-paid arts media management graduates in the Southwest Region. Austin Community College District is a public school located in the city of Austin. Students who complete the arts media management program here go on to a median salary of roughly $36,420.

2

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

$34,904 Average Early-Career Salary

Grand Canyon University came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying arts media management schools. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix. Arts Media Management graduates of Grand Canyon University earn a median of about $34,904 a year early in their careers.

3

Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX

$34,291 Average Early-Career Salary

Dallas Baptist University came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying arts media management schools. Dallas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas. Early-career arts media management graduates from Dallas Baptist University make a median of around $34,291 per year.

4

The University Of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TX

$33,062 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at The University Of Texas At El Paso earned it the #4 place for arts media management. The University Of Texas At El Paso is a public school located in the city of El Paso. Early-career arts media management graduates from The University Of Texas At El Paso make a median of around $33,062 per year.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their arts media management graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 4 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.