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2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
417 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 417 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in digital arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality digital arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the digital arts 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 Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 89 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $3,134 for Southwest Region Art & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Austin Community College District Digital Arts Report

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pima Community College is $2,574 for southwest region art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Pima County Community College District

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified ’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,203 for southwest region art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UT Austin.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Digital Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 124 ’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Dallas has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $10,857 for Southwest Region Art & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Digital Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 45 ’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $13,242 for Southwest Region Art & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Digital Arts at UNM

#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s art and technology degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,405 for southwest region art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

Full Grand Canyon University Digital Arts Report

#7

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Shawnee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s art and technology degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

OBU also made our “Best Digital Arts Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for OBU is $18,537 for Southwest Region Art & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Digital Arts at OBU

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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