by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,166 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,568 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,968 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 30 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. That schools that top this list have a program in communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Quinn College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Paul Quinn College is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Saint Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 59 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 full report on Communications at Saint Edward’s University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 296 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Prairie View A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. PVAMU is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Austin College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 12 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Baylor University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 161 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston - Downtown ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 108 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Read more about Communications at University of Houston - Downtown
Texas A&M International University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M International University is located in Laredo, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at Texas A&M International University
With a ranking of #12, Oral Roberts University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 407 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 36 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 #15, University of Houston - Victoria did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Victoria, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 39 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication 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 215 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Arizona Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Arizona Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Glendale, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at Arizona Christian University
Southwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Angelo State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Angelo, Texas, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 180 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 #22, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major 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 communication arts degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Communications Report
With a ranking of #24, Howard Payne University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Howard Payne University is located in Brownwood, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #25. Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 75 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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