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2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 145th most popular major in the country with 5,210 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in film / cinema / media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film / cinema / media studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 film / cinema / media studies program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $20,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $18,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at UNM

#3

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Tulsa is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

University of Tulsa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Tulsa is $21,224 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Tulsa

#3 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 19 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $24,730 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. HBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 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. The estimated yearly cost for HBU is $23,335 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at HBU

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Mary Hardin - Baylor did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMHB is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belton, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UMHB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is $26,490 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full UMHB Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

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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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