2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed 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.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 150 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 43 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education 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 Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alva, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
NWOSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NWOSU are $10,571, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education 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 Texas State University are $17,040.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Victoria. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Houston - Victoria is a small school located in Victoria, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k list, UH Victoria has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education 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 UH Victoria are $15,466.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Texas A&M University - Texarkana landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Texarkana, Texas, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M Texarkana has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Texarkana are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.
UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education 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 UCO are $17,913.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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- *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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