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2023 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Texas

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Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You

With 1,639 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general education is the #44 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has created its Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Texas the best school in Texas for general education students working on their master’s degree. Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakeway.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Stephen F Austin State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

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Out of the 14 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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Dallas Baptist University ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

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University of the Incarnate Word landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general education programs. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Abilene Christian University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
Oklahoma 234
New Mexico 219

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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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