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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,709 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 430 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 328 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 20 colleges that offered a degree in higher education/higher education administration. That schools that top this list have a program in higher education/higher education administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 20 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 20 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 55 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Texas Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. East Texas Baptist University is a small school located in Marshall, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. Abilene Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Abilene Christian University

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Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 14 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NSU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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Out of the 20 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Hardin - Simmons University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Hardin - Simmons University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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Texas A & M University - Central Texas ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small public school situated in Killeen, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Texas A & M University - Central Texas

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Houston Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. HBU is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 24 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 19 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #11, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of North Texas

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Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Baylor University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor University is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 12 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Baylor University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Arizona State University - Tempe

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Southern Methodist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full SMU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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Dallas Baptist University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.

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University of Houston
Houston, Texas

University of Houston ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 17 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at UH

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of Arizona

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 0 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Grand Canyon University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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