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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$10,426 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, social work students earned 2,211 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in Texas to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in Texas for social work students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TWU are $7,704 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $8,333 per year.

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#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Angelo State University is a great value for social work students working on their master’s degree. Angelo State is a large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Angelo State are $7,246 a year.

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Out of the 18 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.

Texas A&M Commerce graduate students pay an average of $7,338 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at West Texas A&M University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in Texas. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $7,282 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

With a ranking of #8, Tarleton State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their master’s degree. Tarleton is a large public school located in the town of Stephenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tarleton are $7,669 per year.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree social work programs. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.

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#10

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #10, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking.

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Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 577
Oklahoma 185
New Mexico 270

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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