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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Oklahoma

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$7,162 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 2nd in Oklahoma. In fact, 1,574 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Oklahoma to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Oklahoma to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma

Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Education Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southeastern Oklahoma State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Oklahoma. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Durant.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University graduate students pay an average of $5,040 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 10 schools in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Ada, ECU is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $5,244 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. NSU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $5,250 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma list. NWOSU is a small public school located in the town of Alva.

NWOSU graduate students pay an average of $5,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 10 schools in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $8,814 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Oklahoma is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Oklahoma.

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#6

Cameron University

Lawton, OK

Cameron University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. Cameron University is a small public school located in the small city of Lawton.

Cameron University graduate students pay an average of $4,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. SWOSU is a small public school located in the town of Weatherford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SWOSU are $7,530 per year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at OSU are $8,672 a year.

OSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma list.

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University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCO are $8,108 per year.

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Oral Roberts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Tulsa, ORU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ORU are $12,800 a year.

Full Education at Oral Roberts University Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 12,019
Texas 11,415
New Mexico 904

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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