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New Braunfels, Texas has 5 accredited schools offering innovation programs, with tuition ranging from $2,550 to $51,384 per year for indexed programs. New Braunfels has a population of about 116,477. In the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, the top-earning innovation-related role is Computer and Information Systems Manager at a median $163,490 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer innovation programs near New Braunfels, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from New Braunfels city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from New Braunfels. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Texas schools on the Texas innovation page.
New Braunfels is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area (BLS area code 41700). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Texas statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General and Operations Manager | $99,790 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $105,375 |
| Management Analyst | $95,760 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $101,119 |
| Marketing Manager | $131,800 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $139,176 |
| Computer and Information Systems Manager | $163,490 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $172,640 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 94.7 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering innovation programs near New Braunfels. The closest is The University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, TX (31.4 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is University of Houston-Victoria (91.8 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying innovation-related roles near New Braunfels are: Computer and Information Systems Manager ($163,490), Marketing Manager ($131,800), General and Operations Manager ($99,790). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Texas statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Cibolo, TX is 10.8 miles from New Braunfels and has its own set of local innovation programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for New Braunfels:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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