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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree liberal arts students.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. 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.

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#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Wayland Baptist University is a small school located in Plainview, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayland Baptist University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayland Baptist University are $14,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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 list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #4 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 The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610.

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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A & M University - Central Texas landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small public school situated in Killeen, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A & M University - Central Texas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A & M University - Central Texas are $13,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Houston Baptist University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

HBU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Houston Baptist University are $12,650, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas

University of St. Thomas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. 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 arts degrees to qualified students.

UST did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Thomas are $21,634, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 30 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree liberal arts students list, TCU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Christian University are $32,268, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, 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%.

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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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