2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Texas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in Texas 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 Texas
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 analysis found Texas Woman’s University to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. TWU is a large public school located in the city of Denton.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $7,704 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH Clear Lake are $9,594 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Texas. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $6,157 per year.
Full Social Sciences at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $9,060 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Texas. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize 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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for social sciences in Texas.
University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $8,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.
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University of Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree social sciences programs. Located in the city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Rio Grande Valley are $8,333 a year.
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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.
UT Austin also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #2.
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 |
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Arizona | 465 |
Oklahoma | 93 |
New Mexico | 106 |
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Social Sciences Related Majors for Social Sciences
Social Sciences Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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.
- 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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