2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region
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Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 6,039 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 648 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 268 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in visual communications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual communications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree graphic arts students.
Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. LCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Full LCU Visual Communications Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wade College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Wade College is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
Full Wade College Visual Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Schreiner University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Kerrville, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Schreiner University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 73 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas State University Visual Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 52 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at NAU
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to 56 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read more about Visual Communications at University of North Texas
University of Houston - Victoria did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. UH Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at UH Victoria
Texas Christian University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Visual Communications at TCU
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UT Austin Visual Communications Report
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Visual Communications Report
The King’s University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Southlake, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
Full TKU Visual Communications Report
University of Arizona ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at University of Arizona
Houston Baptist University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. HBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at HBU
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.