2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 150 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Alva, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
NWOSU also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at NWOSU are $10,571, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Adult & Continuing Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 62 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also took the #2 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 7 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Houston - Victoria did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Victoria also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Victoria are $15,466, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - Texarkana did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Texarkana, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Texarkana also took the #7 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Texarkana are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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