2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Education is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,064 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,456 and had an average of $33,666 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 336 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,086 and $22,936 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other education 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 other education 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 Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Education at Texas State

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,169 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 123 diplomas to qualified masters’s other education students in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Methodist University Other Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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