2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 36,854 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,229 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,160 and $27,678 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,505 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 36 colleges that offer a degree in design and applied arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality design and applied arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 design and applied arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 110 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.
UCO also took the #13 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Full University of Central Oklahoma Design & Applied Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Canyon, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 31 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
UH also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students per year to attend UH.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #21 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students per year to attend Grand Canyon University.
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Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 126 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #8, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
University of Oklahoma also took the #5 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Oklahoma
With a ranking of #10, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.
SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #19 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
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Stephen F Austin State University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.
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Texas Woman’s University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students per year to attend TWU.
Northern Arizona University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #23 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
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With a ranking of #14, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree design students list, Texas A&M Corpus Christi has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is $16,332 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Design & Applied Arts Report
Lubbock Christian University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. LCU is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCU, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,128 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students per year to attend Lubbock Christian University.
The Art Institute of Dallas ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $21,605 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.
Full The Art Institute of Dallas Design & Applied Arts Report
The Art Institute of Houston landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Houston is $22,844 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Oklahoma Christian University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 39 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
OC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OC is $21,347 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 180 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe
Prairie View A & M University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. PVAMU is a medium-sized school located in Prairie View, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for PVAMU is $14,582 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
Oral Roberts University landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Oral Roberts University is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 10 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
ORU also took the #16 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ORU is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
Oklahoma Baptist University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Baptist University is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 7 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.
OBU also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #17. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma Baptist University is $21,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Design students.
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Dallas Baptist University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Dallas Baptist University is $26,387 for southwest region bachelor’s degree design students.
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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%.
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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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