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2023 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Texas

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

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 1,263 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for social sciences majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the best school in Texas for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southern Methodist University is a great place for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s best schools for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 465
Oklahoma 93
New Mexico 106

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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