2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent publishing 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 publishing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Victoria, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s publishing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UH Victoria also took the #1 spot in our “Best Publishing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Victoria are $15,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (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.

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