2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Theory (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

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 Systems Theory Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Systems Theory is the 245th most popular major in the country with 887 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems theory graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,900 and had an average of $27,035 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6 systems theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 systems theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems theory programs that also have a lower cost than 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 systems theory program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree systems theory students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Theory (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Systems Theory Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Theory Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Theory (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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