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2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Special Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 22,244 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,762 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general special education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 2 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618.

Read more about General Special Education at UNT

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree teaching students with disabilities students whose families make $0-$30k list, TWU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full TWU General Special Education Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Special Education at Texas Tech

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree teaching students with disabilities students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Special Education at UT Austin

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 2 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree teaching students with disabilities students whose families make $0-$30k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275.

Full NMSU Main Campus General Special Education Report

#2 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

University of Oklahoma also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Special Education at University of Oklahoma

#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus General 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%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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