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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$22,415 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,973 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

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

ASU - Skysong also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on General Education at Arizona State University - Skysong

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Tempe also did well on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on General Education at Arizona State University - Tempe

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of the Incarnate Word helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIW are $19,840 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

Read full report on General Education at University of Arizona

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
Texas 1,639
New Mexico 219
Oklahoma 234

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

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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