2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communications Technologies & Support is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 15,192 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,122 and had an average of $26,383 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,914 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,320 and $30,958 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 236 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in communications technologies and support. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications technologies and support programs that also have a lower cost than 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 communications technologies and support program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$10,561 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,561 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$6,896 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $0-$30k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $6,896 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

The Art Institute of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$21,248 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Ai Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

Ai Houston also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree communications technologies & support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The Art Institute of Houston.

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#4

The Art Institute of Austin

Austin, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$21,877 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ai Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

Ai Austin also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $21,877 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Communications Technologies & Support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ai Austin.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support (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.

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