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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
192 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 54,014 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,924 and $14,688 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts general studies 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 general studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Texas (With Aid)

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is located in Killeen, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

Texas A & M University - Central Texas also took the #8 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A & M University - Central Texas are $13,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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 UT Austin are $22,886.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610.

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#4

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

UST also took the #6 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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 UST are $21,634.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

HBU also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at HBU are $12,650.

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#6

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Wayland Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Wayland Baptist University is a small school located in Plainview, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayland Baptist University also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayland Baptist University are $14,710.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

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#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

With a ranking of #8, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 30 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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.

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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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