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2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 417 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in digital arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great digital arts 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 digital arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,757 for southwest region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UT Austin Digital Arts Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 116 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT Dallas has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,797 for southwest region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full UT Dallas Digital Arts Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 45 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $16,557 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Digital Arts at UNM

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,380 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Grand Canyon University

#5

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Shawnee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OBU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OBU is $21,956 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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