2022 Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Business, Management & Marketing is the 129th most popular major in the country with 5,232 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Other business, management and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,493 and had an average of $26,290 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,590 Other business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,343 and $25,856 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 Other business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Other business, management and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Other business, management and marketing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Other business, management and marketing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$11,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,493 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s other business students in 2019-2020.

OC also made our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma Christian University are $11,430.

Read more about Other Business, Management & Marketing at Oklahoma Christian University

#2

Saint Edward's University

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$29,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Edward’s University are $29,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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