2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conducting 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 Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Conducting is the 854th most popular major in the country with 169 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 15 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in conducting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great conducting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the conducting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Conducting in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree conducting students list, OCU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Conducting 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 OCU are $13,410.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #4 spot in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, 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 Sam Houston State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree conducting students list, SHSU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s conducting students in 2019-2020.
TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s conducting degrees to qualified students.
Baylor also made our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #6, Rice University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s conducting degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Conducting Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s conducting students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree conducting students list, SMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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