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2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$11,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,291 Avg Salary

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Texas to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Kingsville to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $6,157 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 El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SFASU are $7,433 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great value for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $7,704 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Education at Texas Woman’s University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNT are $8,256 a year.

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Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.

Texas A&M Commerce graduate students pay an average of $7,338 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, Concordia University, Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lakeway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Texas are $12,270 per year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTSA are $9,479 a year.

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East Texas Baptist University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the town of Marshall, East Texas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at East Texas Baptist University are $7,236 per year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools 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.

  • 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.

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