2022 Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sculpture is the 714th most popular major in the country with 301 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 16 sculpture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sculpture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sculpture programs that also have a lower cost than 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 sculpture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The sculpture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region sculpture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Sculpture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$9,925 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 ’s sculpture degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $9,925 for southwest region sculpture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Sculpture at University of Houston

#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$23,246 Average Net Price

$52,857 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sculpture degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sculpture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Christian University is $23,246 for southwest region sculpture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Sculpture at Texas Christian University

• Best Value Colleges for Sculpture (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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