2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree School for You
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #30 most popular major in the country with 2,680 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at The University of Texas at Austin Report
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great value for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.
ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A & M University - Central Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small public school located in the rural area of Killeen.
Texas A & M University - Central Texas graduate students pay an average of $13,604 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Texas A & M University - Central Texas Report
The excellent master’s degree programs at Wayland Baptist University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Southwest Region . Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayland Baptist University are $15,232 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of St. Thomas is a great value for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their master’s degree. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
UST graduate students pay an average of $21,634 in tuition and fees each year.
UST also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCU are $32,268 a year.
TCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Texas Christian University Report
With a ranking of #8, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their master’s degree. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
SMU graduate students pay an average of $35,802 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 10% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Southern Methodist University Report
University of Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irving.
UD graduate students pay an average of $33,750 in tuition and fees each year.
UD also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 51 |
| Texas | 219 |
| Oklahoma | 195 |
| New Mexico | 21 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Majors for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 2,680 |
Majors Similar to Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual & Performing Arts | 18,379 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 17,287 |
| English Language & Literature | 9,566 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 4,163 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 3,136 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).
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