2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Southwest region, there were 28,078 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 366 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts 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 liberal arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree liberal studies students.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 20 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree liberal studies students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 160 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. HBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.
HBU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Houston Baptist University are $12,650, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of St. Thomas is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
UST also took the #6 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Thomas are $21,634, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #7, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.
St. John’s College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. St. John’s College is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
St. John’s also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s College are $28,612, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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