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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 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. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 27 students 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. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 72 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. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students per year to attend University of Arizona.

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 Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Arizona

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #4 spot on the list. UMHB is a private not-for-profit institution located in Belton, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMHB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is $27,099 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students.

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#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 list. HBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,962 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students per year to attend HBU.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

University of Tulsa landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 bachelors’s film studies 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 $20,936 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students.

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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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

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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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