2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southwest Region

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Commercial Photography is the 576th most popular major in the country with 928 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 186 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in commercial photography. That schools that top this list have a program in commercial photography in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southwest Region

1

The Art Institute of Austin
Austin, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region list. The Art Institute of Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full The Art Institute of Austin Commercial Photography Report

2

The Art Institute of San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region. Ai San Antonio is a private for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Commercial Photography at The Art Institute of San Antonio

3

The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region. The Art Institute of Houston is a private for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full The Art Institute of Houston Commercial Photography Report

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The Art Institute of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Commercial Photography Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students in 2020-2021.

Full The Art Institute of Dallas Commercial Photography Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.