2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in photography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography programs and cost less that 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 photography program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
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 Getting Aid list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s photography degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students with aid list, Texas A&M Commerce has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 23 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students with aid list, UH has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students with aid per year to attend University of Houston.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 27 degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students with aid.
Saint Edward’s University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Saint Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students with aid per year to attend St. Edward’s University.
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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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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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