2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 8,577 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,498 and $24,877 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,145 fine and studio 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 analyzed 53 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #21. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. 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 Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #23. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 276 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, UNT has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio 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.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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 #4 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 103 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 94 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 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 86%.
Tarleton State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.
Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend Tarleton.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 71 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.
UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Texas Tech University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Texas Tech University.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #9, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is $8,607 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 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%.
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With a ranking of #11, Texas State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. ENMU - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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Stephen F Austin State University 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 Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 59 diplomas 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, SFASU has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SFASU is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #22 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Sam Houston State University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
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Texas Woman’s 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. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 31 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend TWU is $9,617 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 #18 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,607 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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With a ranking of #19, 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. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,612 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend UH Clear Lake.
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Northeastern State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Northeastern State University is $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
With a ranking of #21, Texas A&M International University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M International University is a public institution located in Laredo, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M International University is $3,074 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 143 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
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Northern Arizona University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 20 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
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With a ranking of #25, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 74 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend UTEP.
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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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- *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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