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 35,973 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , special education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,680 and had an average of $27,516 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 281 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,408 and $28,680 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,859 and $105,969 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. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. 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”.
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 Special Ed Major in New Mexico list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s special ed students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s special ed students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s special ed students in 2021-2022.
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%.
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