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2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 145th most popular major in the country with 5,210 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 136 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film / cinema / media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film / cinema / media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 72 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,466 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 27 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,458 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 19 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,285 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Oklahoma

#4

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Tulsa has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Tulsa is $16,983 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Tulsa

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Houston Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,593 for southwest region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Houston Baptist University.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at HBU

#6 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. UMHB is a private not-for-profit institution located in Belton, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMHB, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMHB is $23,959 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Mary Hardin - Baylor Film/Cinema/Media Studies 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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