2021 Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
6Colleges
938Bachelor's Degrees
$27,509Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in special ed. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
Check out the special ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Grand Canyon University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional special education students. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Grand Canyon University is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 79,865 students at Grand Canyon University are exclusively online. 80,777 students are part time.
Northern Arizona University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 9,603 students take at least one class online at NAU. 6,368 of NAU students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Arizona. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. About 12,642 of the students at University of Arizona are attending part time.
Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe. ASU - Tempe also made our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 of ASU - Tempe students are attending part time.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population. NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.
About 3.9% of NMSU Main Campus students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,734 students at NMSU Main Campus that take at least one class online. About 3,478 of the students at NMSU Main Campus are attending part time.
University of Central Oklahoma comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond. UCO also made our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #7.
About 2.4% of UCO students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,223 students at UCO that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,113 part time students in attendance at UCO.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
