2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 36,792 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 5,829 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,069 and $23,433 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region

1

Dine College
Tsaile, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dine College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Tsaile, Arizona, and it awarded 3 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at Dine College

2

Frank Phillips College
Borger, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Frank Phillips College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Borger, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at Frank Phillips College

3

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #3 spot on the list. San Juan College is located in Farmington, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Special Education at San Juan College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education

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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