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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,666 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, special education students earned 3,941 degrees and certificates from an Arizona school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for special ed 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

ASU - Skysong also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #1.

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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 value special education schools in Arizona. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

NAU graduate students pay an average of $11,555 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NAU is ranked #5 for overall quality for special ed in Arizona.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Arizona are $13,460 a year.

University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Special Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 woodleywonderworks.

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