2025 Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in arts & media management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #106 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of arts & media management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 master's degrees in arts & media management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to arts & media management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other arts & media management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt arts & media management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized arts & media management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for arts & media management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Arts & Media Management in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in arts & media management.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Media Management

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

15 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in arts & media management. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in arts & media management from Southern Methodist University

2

University of Houston
Houston, TX

14 Annual Graduates

University of Houston is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in arts & media management. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in arts & media management from University of Houston

Best Arts & Media Management Colleges by State

Explore the best arts & media management colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	27
Arizona	180	4

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Arts & Media Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Arts & Media Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Media Management Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management	19
Fine & Studio Arts Management	15

Most Popular Majors Related to Media Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	611
Fine & Studio Arts	209
Drama & Theater Arts	123
Design & Applied Arts	93
Dance	42
General Visual & Performing Arts	23
Other Visual Art	11
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Perspectives - The Photography Club, IIM Ahmedabad. More about our data sources and methodologies.