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Flower Mound, Texas has 5 accredited schools offering special education programs, with tuition ranging from $67,040 to $85,606 per year for indexed programs. Flower Mound has a population of about 77,886. Median household income is $157,737 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 64.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the top-earning special education-related role is Special Education Teacher, Preschool at a median $74,110 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer special education programs near Flower Mound, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Flower Mound city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Flower Mound. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Texas schools on the Texas special education page.
Flower Mound is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (BLS area code 19100). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Texas statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Education Teacher, Kindergarten and Elementary School | $64,830 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $62,881 |
| Special Education Teacher, Middle School | $65,870 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $63,889 |
| Special Education Teacher, Secondary School | $66,440 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $64,442 |
| Special Education Teacher, Preschool | $74,110 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $71,882 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 77,886 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $157,737 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 64.3% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 103.1 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering special education programs near Flower Mound. The closest is University of North Texas in Denton, TX (12.3 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Dallas Baptist University (24.4 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying special education-related roles near Flower Mound are: Special Education Teacher, Preschool ($74,110), Special Education Teacher, Secondary School ($66,440), Special Education Teacher, Middle School ($65,870). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Texas statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Southlake, TX is 5.9 miles from Flower Mound and has its own set of local special education programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Flower Mound’s median household income of $157,737 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Flower Mound while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Texas public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Flower Mound:
Data verified: July 30, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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