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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the Southwest region, there were 7,697 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 94 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce 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 general business/commerce 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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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$11,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

OC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma Christian University are $11,430, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oklahoma Christian University General Business/Commerce Report

#2

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$10,645 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. OKWU or OWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It awarded 33 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma Wesleyan University are $10,645, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at OKWU or OWU

#3

Schreiner University

Kerrville, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$23,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Schreiner University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Schreiner University is a small school located in Kerrville, Texas that handed out 31 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Schreiner University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Schreiner University are $23,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Schreiner University

#4

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$11,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cameron University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cameron University is a public institution located in Lawton, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cameron University are $11,304.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Cameron University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce

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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