2023 Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You
With 25,158 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best school in the Southwest Region for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.
University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
Texas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.
The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.
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Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 1,478 |
Arizona | 3,222 |
Oklahoma | 52 |
New Mexico | 111 |
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Special Education Related Rankings by Major
One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Special Ed
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Educational Administration | 45,458 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
General Education | 21,189 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 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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