2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Photography is the 291st most popular major in the country with 2,438 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 113 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in photography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent photography 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 photography 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 Photography 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 photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $10,013 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $10,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $10,561 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s photography students in 2019-2020.
NAU also made our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $9,251 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northern Arizona University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $11,125 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
Saint Edward’s University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Saint Edward’s University is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $19,126 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students whose families make $0-$30k.
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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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