2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 321 people earned their degree in mathematics and statistics, making the major the 729th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 92 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and statistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics and statistics 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 mathematics and statistics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 40 masters’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mathematics & Statistics at University of North Texas

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s math and stats degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Master’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 University of Houston are $18,689.

Full University of Houston Mathematics & Statistics Report

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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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