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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
309 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 993 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,978 and $29,232 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 309 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Texas (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Full UTSA General Education Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 133 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Education at Texas Tech University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 69 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

UT Arlington also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $14,246 for texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at The University of Texas at Arlington

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at Texas Woman’s University

#5

Southwestern University

Georgetown, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Georgetown, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid list, Southwestern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern University is $25,470 for texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Southwestern University

With a ranking of #6, Southwestern Assemblies of God University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid list, Southwestern Assemblies of God University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $24,982 for texas bachelor’s degree education students with aid per year to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University.

Read full report on General Education at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $36,811 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid per year to attend TCU.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas Christian University General Education Report

#4 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $36,222 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at Southern Methodist University

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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