2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,800
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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 Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 23,838 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 5,093 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree teaching students with disabilities students.
Top 9 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major 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 1 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 full report on General Special Education at TWU
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 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Texas Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region. 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 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 full report on General Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 full report on General Special Education at University of Arizona
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNT General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at University of Oklahoma
University of the Southwest landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southwest Region ranking. USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 20 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at USW
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major 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 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full New Mexico State University - 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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