2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 365,980 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.

Across the Southwest region, there were 28,078 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’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 SMU are $47,478.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at SMU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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