2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's Degree 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Special 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 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for special ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the Southwest Region for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Read full report on Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.
University of Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,478 |
| Arizona | 3,222 |
| Oklahoma | 52 |
| New Mexico | 111 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 8 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 woodleywonderworks.
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