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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

12 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 215 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,850 and $31,272 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video and photographic arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $10,013 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $10,203 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UH.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $10,561 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SHSU.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $11,125 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Texas State Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

HBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $19,550 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend HBU.

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Saint Edward’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Edward’s University is $19,126 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Saint Edward’s University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $26,718 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SMU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at SMU

The Art Institute of Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston also took the #10 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Houston is $21,248 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at The Art Institute of Houston

#8 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #9. The Art Institute of Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

The Art Institute of Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $20,737 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

UMHB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend UMHB is $24,867 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UMHB

#11

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

The Art Institute of San Antonio ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ai San Antonio is a private for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of San Antonio is $20,988 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

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The Art Institute of Austin landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Ai Austin is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Austin also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $21,877 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at The Art Institute of Austin

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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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