2022 Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 380 people earned their degree in international education, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States. 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international education 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 international education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

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

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SHSU International Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education

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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