2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,625 people earned their degree in elementary special education, making the major the 326th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in elementary special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their elementary special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree elementary special ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Southwest Region

1

Abilene Christian University
Abilene, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Abilene Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s elementary special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Elementary Special Education at Abilene Christian

2

Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s elementary special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Oklahoma Baptist University Elementary Special Education Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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