by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,988 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,444 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 35 colleges that offered a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree general education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Concordia University, Texas is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeway, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 172 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Schreiner University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region. Schreiner University is located in Kerrville, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region. Bartlesville, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on General Education at Oklahoma Wesleyan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. ENMU - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 96 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Out of the 35 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sul Ross State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sul Ross State University is a small school located in Alpine, Texas that handed out 32 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern Adventist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Keene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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Texas Wesleyan University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Wesleyan University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Education at Texas Wesleyan University
East Texas Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. East Texas Baptist University is a small school located in Marshall, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Prescott College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Prescot College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Prescott, Arizona. It awarded 10 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Grand Canyon University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 707 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Education at Grand Canyon University
Cameron University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Lawton, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 67 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #13, Langston University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Langston, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Langston University
With a ranking of #14, American InterContinental University - Online did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. American InterContinental University - Online is a fairly large school located in Schaumburg, Illinois that handed out 50 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of St. Thomas came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of St. Thomas is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #16, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. UIW is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the Incarnate Word General Education Report
University of Dallas ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. UD is a small school located in Irving, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Education at University of Dallas
Texas A & M University - Central Texas ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small school located in Killeen, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A & M University - Central Texas General Education Report
Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
University of Arizona came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 59 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Texas Woman’s University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. Abilene Christian University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s general education 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%.
University of North Texas ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 47 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Oral Roberts University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Dallas Baptist University landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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