2023 Best Other Special Education & Teaching Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Special Education & Teaching is the 418th most popular major in the country with 1,227 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 86 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other special education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other special education and teaching programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other special education and teaching program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed”.
Top 2 Best Other Special Education & Teaching Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 47 ’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
UST did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 91 of the 3,692 students enrolled at University of St. Thomas were GI Bill® students, of which 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,734. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UST]](/colleges/university-of-st-thomas-texas/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Special Ed. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 ’s other special education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region vets studying other special ed list, UCO has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 14,132 students enrolled at University of Central Oklahoma, 934 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 428 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,062. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Central Oklahoma offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Central Oklahoma]](/colleges/university-of-central-oklahoma/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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