2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in Texas to see which 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.
Top 10 Best General Education Schools
Our 2023 rankings named El Paso Community College the best value school in Texas for general education students. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at El Paso Community College are $3,274 a year.
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Out of the 21 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Texas A&M Kingsville undergraduate students pay an average of $9,892 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at El Paso helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
UTEP undergraduate students pay an average of $9,544 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent 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 remote town of Nacogdoches.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SFASU are $10,600 a year.
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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also made our Best General Education Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.
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Texas Woman’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TWU are $8,394 a year.
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Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Education Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas Tech are $11,852 a year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general education students. It came in at #8 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.
UTSA undergraduate students pay an average of $9,231 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of North Texas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general education programs. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNT are $11,090 a year.
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Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Commerce are $10,026 a year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 21 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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