2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Texas

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In 2020-2021, 1,074 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 432nd most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 90 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. That schools that top this list have a program in adult and continuing education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Texas

1

University of Houston - Victoria
Victoria, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Victoria. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 24 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2020-2021.

Full Texas A&M Kingsville Adult & Continuing Education Report

3

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#3 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 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 50 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Adult & Continuing Education Report

4

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

#15 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 1 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Texas A&M University - Texarkana
Texarkana, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Texarkana. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas list. Texarkana, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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5

Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Adult & Continuing Education Report

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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