2024 Best Elementary Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
47Elementary Special Ed Degrees Awarded
Elementary Special Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #326 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Elementary Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in elementary special education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The elementary special ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Elementary Special Education Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Elementary Special Education in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the elementary special ed degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Elementary Special Ed
Grand Canyon University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in elementary special education. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were about 39 elementary special education students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Abilene Christian University if you want to pursue a degree in elementary special education. Abilene Christian is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Abilene. This university ranks 42nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 2 elementary special education students who graduated with this degree at Abilene Christian in the most recent year we have data available.
Oklahoma Baptist University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in elementary special education. OBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Shawnee. This university ranks 17th out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 6 elementary special education students who graduated with this degree at OBU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
