2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 406 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education administration, making the major the 629th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education administration 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 adult and continuing education administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree adult and continuing education administration students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s adult and continuing education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas State Adult & Continuing Education Administration Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration

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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