2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 911 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,733 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality housing 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 housing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Housing Schools

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 Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree housing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (Income $48-$75k)

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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