by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New Mexico, there were 236 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,408 and $21,650 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,859 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The special ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s special ed degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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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 #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 25 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico list. University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 doctorate’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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