2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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 Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. 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 the Southwest region, there were 78,664 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,829 and $15,343 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies 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 general studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree liberal arts students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #1 spot on the list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s liberal arts degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree liberal arts students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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 NMSU Main Campus are $18,275.

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#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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 more about Liberal Arts General Studies at SMU

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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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