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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,210 people earned their degree in film / cinema / media studies, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 136 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in film / cinema / media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film / cinema / media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies 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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Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 72 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNM.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Tulsa is $14,391 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Tulsa

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Houston Baptist University is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,550 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend HBU.

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#6 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMHB is located in Belton, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMHB, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is $24,867 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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