2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.
UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ASU - Skysong also is in the top 20% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region 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 undergraduate students pay an average of $17,155 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.
Wayland Baptist University undergraduate students pay an average of $22,004 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the # 5 spot on the list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UST are $31,560 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UST also is in the top 20% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Texas Tech University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Oklahoma are $25,116 a year.
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Texas Christian University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TCU are $51,660 a year.
TCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. It came in at #9 on the list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.
SMU undergraduate students pay an average of $60,236 in tuition and fees each year.
SMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Southern Methodist University Report
University of Dallas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irving.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UD are $46,864 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities colleges 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 13 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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