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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$27,039 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 79,412 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for liberal arts 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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU also is in the top 15% of our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Southern Methodist University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their doctor’s degree. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 55,869
Arizona 8,087
Oklahoma 3,298
New Mexico 3,989

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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