by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #360 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
UIW also ranked #14 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Texas.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UIW came in at #394.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Texas, UIW came in at #18.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 57.9% of the total graduate students at UIW are women and 42.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 64.4% of the graduate student population at UIW. UIW is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 2.9% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,540 | $18,540 |
| Fees | $1,300 | $1,300 |
After obtaining their master's degree from UIW, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $51,925. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 11% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from UIW is $98,069. That's good news for those graduates since it is 30% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of the Incarnate Word.
Contact details for UIW are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209 |
| Phone: | 210-829-6000 |
| Website: | www.uiw.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/uiwcardinals |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uiwcardinals |
Around 39.8% of UIW graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 23.0% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 10 |
| General Education | 12 |
| Nursing | 16 |
| Optometry | 64 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 77 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 47 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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