2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 54,014 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#1

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Dallas Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 3 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (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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