by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 5,765 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 634 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 289 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in visual communications. To top this list, a school must have a successful visual communications program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The graphic arts 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 “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Texas State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 60 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Visual Communications at University of North Texas
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Northern Arizona University Visual Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 45 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Visual Communications at The University of Texas at Austin
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lubbock Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Visual Communications at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
With a ranking of #7, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas Christian University Visual Communications Report
Schreiner University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Schreiner University is located in Kerrville, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #8, University of Houston - Victoria did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Houston - Victoria is a small public school situated in Victoria, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual Communications at University of Houston - Victoria
Wade College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Wade College is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
The King’s University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Southlake, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of Arizona came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Visual Communications at University of Arizona
Houston Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Houston Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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