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Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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$29,426 Avg Student Debt

With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 school in the Southwest Region offering online undergraduate certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online special ed undergraduate certificate programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Pima Community College to be the most popular school for special education students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Women make up 92% of the special ed majors at the school.

On average, special ed graduates from Pima County Community College District take out $14,185 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Special Education at Pima Community College Report

Explore the most popular online 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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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

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 values are for the top school 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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