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2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$32,032 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,282 Avg Salary

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

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Assemblies of God University the best value school in the Southwest Region for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Waxahachie.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University undergraduate students pay an average of $17,404 in tuition and fees each year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $313, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TWU are $18,186 per year.

Read full report on General Education at Texas Woman’s University

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 15% of our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full General Education at Texas Tech University Report

Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the # 4 spot on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $21,528 per 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 General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

TCU undergraduate students pay an average of $51,660 in tuition and fees each year.

TCU also made our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.

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#7

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

With a ranking of #7, Southwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Georgetown, Southwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Southwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $46,800 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, education majors at Southwestern accumulate an average of around $27,739 in student debt.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Southwestern also is in the top 15% of our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full General Education at Southwestern University Report

Southern Nazarene University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Bethany, SNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

SNU undergraduate students pay an average of $27,000 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Education at Southern Nazarene University

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Arlington are $29,299 per year.

Full General Education at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

Southern Methodist University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SMU are $60,236 a year.

SMU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full General Education at Southern Methodist University Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,639
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 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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