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2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,472 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,539 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, special education students earned 1,536 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

Check out the special ed doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education

Our analysis found Texas Woman’s University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TWU are $7,704 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

Full Special Education at University of North Texas Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas Tech are $9,518 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

UT Austin also took the #4 spot in our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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#5

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

Lamar University graduate students pay an average of $8,411 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
Arizona 3,941
New Mexico 144
Oklahoma 101

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

Special Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Special Education 24,497
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 3,111
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities 1,789
Elementary Special Education 1,625
Other Special Education & Teaching 1,227
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism 1,133
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs 655
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities 540
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented 504
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments 415
Education of the Deaf 363
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 226
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed 222
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs 181
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness 134
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 122
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments 47
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries 1

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 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 woodleywonderworks.

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