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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,812 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 144 degrees and certificates were awarded to special education students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $5,926 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NMSU Main Campus is ranked #4 for overall quality for special ed in New Mexico.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at New Mexico Highlands University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in New Mexico. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $7,698 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

New Mexico Highlands University also took the #5 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico rankings.

Full Special Education at New Mexico Highlands University Report

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
Arizona 3,941
Oklahoma 101

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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