2022 Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Graphics is the 287th most popular major in the country with 2,837 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 203 computer graphics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 166 computer graphics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer graphics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer graphics 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 computer graphics 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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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 Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer graphics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Graphics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,505 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 69 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer graphics students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer Graphics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,505 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer graphics students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Houston.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UH Computer Graphics Report

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,810 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 92 bachelors’s computer graphics degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Computer Graphics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $18,810 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer graphics students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Graphics at Texas A&M University - College Station

#3

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor

Belton, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$25,008 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Computer Graphics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Belton, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer graphics degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UMHB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Computer Graphics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UMHB is $25,008 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer graphics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Computer Graphics at University of Mary Hardin - Baylor

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Graphics (Income $48-$75k)

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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