2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 3,337 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 327 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing 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 visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students per year to attend UH Downtown.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rogers State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Claremore, Oklahoma, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students list, RSU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rogers State University is $16,087 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 26 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students.
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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Visual & Performing Arts Report
The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Dallas, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.
Rice University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students per year to attend Rice University.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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