2024 Best Photography Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
133Photography Degrees Awarded
A degree in photography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #310 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Photography Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 133 degrees in photography during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The photography 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 the Best Photography Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Photography in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the photography degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in photography needs to take a look at University of Houston. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 photography students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in photography. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #397 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas State is a great university overall.
There were about 26 photography students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
Northern Arizona University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in photography. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #278 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NAU is a great university overall.
There were about 21 photography students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Sam Houston State University if you want to pursue a degree in photography. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 9 photography students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent data year.
St. Edward's University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Austin. This university ranks 43rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 5 photography students who graduated with this degree at St. Edward's University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 4 photography students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
