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2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 19,826 people earned their degree in art studies, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,828 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in art studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great art studies programs and 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 art studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s art studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807.

Full UTSA Art Studies Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s art studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech Art Studies Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 15 masters’s art studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Art Studies at UH

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s art studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree art studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, TWU has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962.

Read full report on Art Studies at TWU

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Art Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

#7 in overall quality

Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s art studies students in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SFASU are $15,695.

Read more about Art Studies at Stephen F Austin State University

#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 11 masters’s art studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

Read more about Art Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#8

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

University of Tulsa did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s art studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree art studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Tulsa has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Tulsa are $24,080, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Tulsa Art 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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