2022 Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 428 people earned their degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies, making the major the 609th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 40 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Near and Middle Eastern studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Near and Middle Eastern studies 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 Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s Middle East studies degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Near & Middle Eastern Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Austin Near & Middle Eastern Studies Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 8 masters’s Middle East studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Near & Middle Eastern Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Near & Middle Eastern Studies at University of Arizona

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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