2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

International Education is the 291st most popular major in the country with 380 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,040 and had an average of $37,857 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 7 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The international ed 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 International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree international ed students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international ed degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sam Houston State University are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education (With Aid)

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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