2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Advertising is the 138th most popular major in the country with 4,751 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 897 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the advertising program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree advertising students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Advertising at UT Austin

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree advertising students whose families make $0-$30k list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Advertising at SMU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $0-$30k)

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 Bill Koplitz.

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