2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Project Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Project Management is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 3,713 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 638 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in project management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent project management 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 project management 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 Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree project management students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Project Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Project Management at SHSU

#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Plainview, Texas, and it awarded 12 masters’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayland Baptist University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Project Management Master’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 Wayland Baptist University are $14,710.

Read more about Project Management at Wayland Baptist University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Project Management (With Aid)

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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