by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 2,175 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 107 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in photography. That schools that top this list have a program in photography in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree photography students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s photography 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 17 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Photography at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Oklahoma Christian University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma Christian University is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Photography at Oklahoma Christian University
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