2021 Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Arizona
4Colleges
824Bachelor's Degrees
$29,181Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 824 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, special education is the #21 most popular major in Arizona. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 8.8% of all the special ed bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Arizona ranking, we looked at 4 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 Arizona
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 Arizona that are best for non-traditional special education students. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix. Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in Arizona list.
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. About 80,777 of the students at Grand Canyon University are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Northern Arizona University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff. NAU also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Special Education in Arizona rankings.
About 1.7% of NAU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,603 students at NAU that take at least one class online. 6,368 of NAU students are attending part time.
University of Arizona landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best special education schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson. University of Arizona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in Arizona list.
The student loan default rate at University of Arizona is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Arizona State University - Tempe as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population. ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in Arizona list.
The student loan default rate at ASU - Tempe is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. About 8,480 of the students at ASU - Tempe are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Special Ed
Special Education is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 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).
With 824 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, special education is the #21 most popular major in Arizona. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 8.8% of all the special ed bachelor's degrees in the country.
