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2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Housing Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 911 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,733 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 housing 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 housing programs and 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 housing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree housing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

Read full report on Housing at Texas Tech University

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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

  • *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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