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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management 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 arts and media management program at the school. 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 31 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Grand Canyon University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Central Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

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 #4 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at The University of Texas at Arlington

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend DBU is $26,387 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Dallas Baptist University

#6

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

Oklahoma City University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

OCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,306 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students per year to attend Oklahoma City University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, 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.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at OCU

#8 in overall quality

University of the Incarnate Word landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UIW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the Incarnate Word is $24,784 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

Full University of the Incarnate Word Arts & Media Management Report

#8

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#1 in overall quality

University of Tulsa ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Tulsa is $20,936 for southwest region bachelor’s degree media management students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at University of Tulsa

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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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