2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Texas

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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 14,305 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 141 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. 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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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Texas

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Austin Liberal Arts Report

#2

Houston Baptist University

Houston, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$12,650 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas. HBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Houston Baptist University are $12,650.

Full Houston Baptist University Liberal Arts Report

#3

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$21,634 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. University of St. Thomas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 21 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UST also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UST are $21,634.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at University of St. Thomas

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 30 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Texas Christian University

#5

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Southern Methodist 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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