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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

12 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$18,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $10,580 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $9,925 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

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#3

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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State University 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $12,292 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $11,634 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $27,331 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Methodist University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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#7 in overall quality

Houston Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Baptist University is $17,593 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Saint Edward’s University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Saint Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $20,024 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St. Edward’s University.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belton, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UMHB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMHB is $23,959 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#8 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. 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 also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $22,811 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.

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The Art Institute of Houston landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k 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 made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Houston is $21,747 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#11

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

With a ranking of #11, The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. The Art Institute of 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.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai San Antonio has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of San Antonio is $22,788 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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The Art Institute of Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #12. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai Austin has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $22,824 for texas bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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