2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,541 people earned their degree in graphic design, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 626 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality graphic design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the graphic design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Design in the Southwest Region

#1

The Art Institute of Dallas

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$23,799 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.

The Art Institute of Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Graphic Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Art Institute of Dallas are $23,799, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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