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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Texas

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135 Degrees Awarded
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Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 366,996 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Texas, there were 15,257 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in liberal arts.

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Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s”.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Fort Worth, 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 38 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full TCU Liberal Arts Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 32 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 20 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

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Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #4 spot on the list. UST is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of St. Thomas Liberal Arts Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Liberal Arts at DBU

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Rice University
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Rice University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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University of Dallas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. UD is located in Irving, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Dallas Liberal Arts Report

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Houston Baptist University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.

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Abilene Christian University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Abilene Christian Liberal Arts Report

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With a ranking of #9, Texas A & M University - Central Texas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small school located in Killeen, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A & M University - Central Texas Liberal Arts Report

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Sul Ross State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in Texas for a Master’s ranking. Alpine, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Sul Ross Liberal Arts Report

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