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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

7 Colleges
$49,862 Avg Salary
$22,246 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online special ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Arizona University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 12% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Of the 8 students majoring in special ed at ASU - Skysong, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western New Mexico University is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

Women make up 75% of the special ed majors at the school.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Of the 12 students majoring in special ed at Texas Tech, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#7

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate special education programs. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online special education colleges 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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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 7 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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