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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,301 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,539 Avg Salary

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

Special Education is the #29 most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. 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.

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 analysis found Texas Woman’s University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the 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 also took the #4 spot in our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#5

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree special education programs. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree special education programs. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,536
Arizona 3,941
Oklahoma 101
New Mexico 144

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
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

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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