by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Humanities is the 37th most popular major in the country with 21,530 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Texas, there were 208 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,529 and $37,012 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. That schools that top this list have a program in humanities in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Irving, Texas, and it awarded 28 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayland Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas. Wayland Baptist University is a small school located in Plainview, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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