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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$17,815 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor'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.

The Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas State University the best value school in Texas for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas State are $9,060 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also made our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 10 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a very large student population.

UTSA graduate students pay an average of $9,479 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree social sciences programs. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

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

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $15,088 per year.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rice are $49,941 per year.

Rice also made our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #1.

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Southern Methodist University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, SMU also did well on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value 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 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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