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2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general special education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Special Education at Texas Tech University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #4 spot 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Full UT Austin General Special Education Report

#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 #4 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNT General Special Education Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Special Education at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NMSU Main Campus General Special Education Report

#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 ranking. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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