2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You
With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
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The Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the special ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for special education students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a very 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.
ASU - Skysong also took the #3 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
Full Special Education at Arizona State University - Skysong Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate 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.
Read full report on Special Education at Texas Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.
Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $20,125 per year.
NAU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Special Education at Northern Arizona University Report
With a ranking of #6, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.
TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.
With a ranking of #7, New Mexico Highlands University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.
New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $11,154 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Special Education at New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 3,941 |
| Texas | 1,536 |
| New Mexico | 144 |
| Oklahoma | 101 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Special Ed Focus Areas
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 13 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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