by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 37,413 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,051 and had an average of $25,492 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,643 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,571 and $26,289 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 219 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 29 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fine and studio arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Irving, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Tyler. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region. UT Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
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University of North Texas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of North Texas
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Southern Methodist University
University of Houston ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #10, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Arizona
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
With a ranking of #13, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe
With a ranking of #16, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Tulsa
With a ranking of #17, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Rice University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
West Texas A&M University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #24, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Oklahoma
The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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