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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,380 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,165 Avg Salary

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

Other Education is the #81 most popular major in the country with 2,513 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Other Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for other education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the other education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for other education students working on their doctor’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Other Education at Sam Houston State University Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

Read full report on Other Education at Texas State University

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value other education schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

Full Other Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

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

SMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Other Education at Southern Methodist University Report

Best Other Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 164
Arizona 5
New Mexico 2

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Horadrim.

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