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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas

8 Ranked Colleges
192 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master's in Texas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 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 Master’s in Texas” ranking looked at 8 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Texas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 20 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at The University of Texas at Austin

#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This small school is located in Plainview, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayland Baptist University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayland Baptist University are $14,710.

Full Wayland Baptist University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 23 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is located in Killeen, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A & M University - Central Texas, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A & M University - Central Texas are $13,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at HBU are $12,650.

Full Houston Baptist University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#6

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas
#6 in overall quality

University of St. Thomas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. UST is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

UST not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Thomas are $21,634.

Full UST Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 30 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268.

Full TCU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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