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2022 Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

9 Ranked Colleges
213 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,888 people earned their degree in educational psychology, making the major the 307th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 290 educational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 213 educational psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in educational psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality educational psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 educational psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Psychology in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 56 degrees to qualified masters’s educational psychology students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M College Station Educational Psychology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational psychology students in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #5 spot in our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNT Educational Psychology Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s educational psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Educational Psychology at Texas Tech

#2 in overall quality

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 #4 for the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified masters’s educational psychology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree educational psychology students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Educational Psychology at UT Austin

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 12 masters’s educational psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational psychology students in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UTSA Educational Psychology Report

#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s educational psychology degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #9 spot in our “Best Educational Psychology 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 UNM are $19,890.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Educational Psychology Report

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree educational psychology students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Educational Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arizona Educational Psychology Report

#9

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s educational psychology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree educational psychology students list, Baylor has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Educational Psychology 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 Baylor University are $36,936.

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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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