2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education 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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 58 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Colleges.
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Our analysis found Santa Fe Community College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SFCC are $4,995 a year.
SFCC also took the #5 spot in our Best Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pima Community College is a great value for special education students. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 per year. While working on their degree, special ed majors at Pima County Community College District accumulate an average of around $15,125 in student debt.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Pima County Community College District also is in the top 10% of our Best Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend MSU Texas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Wichita Falls.
MSU Texas undergraduate students pay an average of $11,726 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Central New Mexico Community College is a great value for special education students. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,540 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great value for special education students. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 a year.
Lubbock Christian University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value special education programs. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCU are $24,900 per year.
With a ranking of #7, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $8,568 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Grand Canyon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year. Special Ed majors at Grand Canyon University take out an average of $47,161 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $138, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for special education students. It came in at #9 on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.
UT Rio Grande Valley undergraduate students pay an average of $19,333 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Rio Grande Valley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Ottawa University - Phoenix ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $13,281 a year.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
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| 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 25 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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