2023 Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Master'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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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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Our analysis found MSU Texas to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Wichita Falls.
MSU Texas graduate students pay an average of $8,056 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
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Out of the 44 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lubbock Christian University landed the # 3 spot on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lubbock.
LCU graduate students pay an average of $9,540 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southwest Region . ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.
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Northeastern State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NSU are $10,911 a year.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.
UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college 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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Texas Tech University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Lamar University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.
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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 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 25 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).
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