2022 Best Value Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,811 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $57,694 and had an average of $23,336 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 51 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,800 and $22,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the insurance 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 Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas insurance students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Insurance in Texas (With Aid)

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,086 Average Net Price

$41,371 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 34 ’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Insurance Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $15,086 for Texas Insurance students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UNT Insurance Report

#2

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$6,848 Average Net Price

$40,287 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid. University of Houston - Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 5 ’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Insurance Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $6,848 for Texas Insurance students with aid per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

Read full report on Insurance at University of Houston - Downtown

#3

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,039 Average Net Price

$43,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Insurance Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 ’s insurance degrees to qualified students.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Insurance Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Texas Insurance students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Insurance at Baylor

• Best Value Colleges for Insurance in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Insurance (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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