2022 Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Research and Development Management is the 831st most popular major in the country with 206 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 56 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in research and development management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality research and development management programs that also have a lower cost than 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 research and development management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The research and development management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree research and development management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Research and Development Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 40 masters’s research and development management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree research and development management students list, ASU - Skysong has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Research and Development Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724.

Read full report on Research and Development Management at ASU - Skysong

#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Research and Development Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s research and development management degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best Research and Development Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Christian University are $32,268.

Read more about Research and Development Management at TCU

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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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