2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting 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 IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Texas, there were 577 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology 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 information technology 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 IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Texas (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Read more about Information Technology at UT Rio Grande Valley

#2

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$25,807 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 35 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at UTSA

#3

American InterContinental University - Houston

Houston, Texas

$18,750 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Houston not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American InterContinental University - Houston are $18,750, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Technology at American InterContinental University - Houston

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (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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