2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Texas

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In 2020-2021, 24,497 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 1,436 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general special education.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Texas

1

Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas

#25 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas list. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Texas Woman’s University General Special Education Report

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#9 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read more about General Special Education at Texas Tech

3

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#2 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Texas at Austin General Special Education Report

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University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

#11 overall quality in Texas

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 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Texas. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Special Education at University of North Texas

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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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