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2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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.

Check out the special ed undergraduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, special ed majors at Pima County Community College District accumulate an average of around $14,185 in student debt.

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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 values are for the top school 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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