2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School for You
With 22,292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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.
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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the social sciences master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma City University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OCU are $13,410 per year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great value for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.
Texas State graduate students pay an average of $17,220 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Clear Lake are $18,990 per year.
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University of North Texas 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 #6 on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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The University of Texas at Austin 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 city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
With a ranking of #10, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.
UH also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 465 |
| Texas | 1,263 |
| Oklahoma | 93 |
| New Mexico | 106 |
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Social Sciences Related Majors for Social Sciences
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 26 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).
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