According to GetEducated.com, the online masters degree in special education offered by Texas Tech has recently been ranked No. 11 in the country as a best buy.

Robin Lock, a professor in special education at Tech, said GetEducated.com looks at online programs in many different areas.

She said the website ranks programs based off two criteria, affordability and credibility.

Credibility is where we really like to hang our hat because that is whats most important to us, Lock said.

Although the online program is affordable, she said she does not want the recognition of affordability to detract from the quality of the program.

We want it to be affordable, she said. We want it to be accessible, but we really want to produce quality educators who go out and actually make a difference in their classroom tomorrow.

Scott Ridley, dean of the College of Education, said the website does not get paid by the schools it ranks.

Lock said the special education masters program offers many different areas of specialization.

The areas of specialization are split in two different branches, she said. There is a sensory impairment and low incidence branch, and there is a generic special education branch.

Within the special education branch, Lock said they prepare students for many different career paths.

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Website ranks Texas Tech’s online special education master’s degree program No. 11