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2023 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Texas

14 Colleges
$50,291 Avg Salary

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

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 1,639 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search 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 teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best 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 education that money can buy.

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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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of St. Thomas is a great place for general education students working on their master’s degree. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great place for general education students working on their master’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Stephen F Austin State University is a great place for general education students working on their master’s degree. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general education programs. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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Dallas Baptist University 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 #8 on the list. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

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With a ranking of #9, University of the Incarnate Word did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Abilene Christian University 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
New Mexico 219
Oklahoma 234

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

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

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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