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

6 Ranked Colleges
156 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Creative Writing is the 118th most popular major in the country with 6,586 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 356 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 156 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in creative writing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality creative writing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the creative writing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s creative writing degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree creative writing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Arizona Creative Writing Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #2 spot on the list. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree creative writing students whose families make $0-$30k list, UTEP has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $7,092 for southwest region bachelor’s degree creative writing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Creative Writing at UTEP

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s creative writing degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Creative Writing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

Read more about Creative Writing at SFASU

#4

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Northeastern State University is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,614 for southwest region bachelor’s degree creative writing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NSU.

Read full report on Creative Writing at NSU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 15 bachelors’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $12,297 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Creative Writing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Creative Writing at University of Central Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Creative Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $26,718 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Creative Writing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The 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 more about Creative Writing at Southern Methodist University

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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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