2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 12,032 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,249 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,001 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 32 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine 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 fine 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Southwest Region
Out of the 32 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also took the #15 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 166 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, UNT has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 102 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarleton also took the #18 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 32 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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Texas State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend Texas State.
University of Central Oklahoma came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #22 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend UCO.
With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce.
Sam Houston State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is $12,607 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #11, University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
UH Clear Lake also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #17. The estimated yearly cost for UH Clear Lake is $10,612 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
Texas A&M International University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 16 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M International University also took the #24 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M International University is $3,074 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
With a ranking of #13, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school awarded 88 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, UT Arlington has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 40 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UTEP also took the #19 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Texas Southern University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. TSU is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for TSU is $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Lubbock Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend LCU is $24,128 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #25 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Texas A&M Kingsville.
With a ranking of #20, Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. OBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, OBU has also earned the #21 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OBU is $21,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
With a ranking of #21, Oral Roberts University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oral Roberts University is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ORU, the school also landed the #23 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ORU is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend UT Austin.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
University of Arizona landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 85 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend University of Arizona.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Belton, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is $27,099 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
With a ranking of #25, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
Abilene Christian also took the #12 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abilene Christian University is $26,809 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
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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%.
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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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