2024 Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region
129Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,426Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
General Special Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #36 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 129 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,426 degrees in general special education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
General Special Education Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Special Education in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the teaching students with disabilities degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
19 Top Southeast Region Schools in Teaching Students with Disabilities
62Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general special education. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 62 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
350Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
George Mason University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general special education. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 350 general special education students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
101Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
University of Florida is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in general special education. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 101 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
65Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general special education. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 65 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 general special education students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 13 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
70Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UA is a very large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #139 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
59Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte. This university ranks 6th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 59 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.
Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.
47Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UARK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
389Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 12th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 389 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
56Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 56 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.
78Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Georgia College is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Milledgeville. This university ranks 16th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 78 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Georgia College in the most recent year we have data available.
100Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State. This university ranks 1st out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 100 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent year we have data available.
279Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UWF is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Pensacola. This university ranks 31st out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 279 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UWF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 13 general special education students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
61Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 61 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
95Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were about 95 general special education students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent data year.
Rest of the Top Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
