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

8 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 348 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,800 and $24,231 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Management 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 media management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTEP is $7,092 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at UTEP

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $11,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at UT Arlington

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $0-$30k list, UCO has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,297 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at University of Central Oklahoma

#4

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #4 spot on the list. OCU is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma City University is $17,214 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Oklahoma City University

#5

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,391 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Tulsa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Tulsa Arts & Media Management Report

#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,405 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Grand Canyon University Arts & Media Management Report

#6 in overall quality

Dallas Baptist University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,428 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Dallas Baptist University.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at DBU

#8 in overall quality

University of the Incarnate Word ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UIW is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIW also took the #8 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,597 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UIW.

Full UIW Arts & Media Management Report

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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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