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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$22,415 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,973 Avg Salary

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

General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #3 spot in our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Read full report on General Education at Arizona State University - Skysong

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

Full General Education at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Incarnate Word landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIW are $19,840 per year.

UIW excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on General Education at University of the Incarnate Word

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

OSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on General Education at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 474
Arizona 817
Oklahoma 73
New Mexico 163

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
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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