2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Administration of Special Education

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Administration of Special Education is the 950th most popular major in the country with 186 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 administration of special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in administration of special education. That schools that top this list have a program in administration of special education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree administration of special ed students.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Administration of Special Education

1

Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s administration of special ed students in 2020-2021.

Full Houston Baptist University Administration of Special Education Report

2

Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gwynedd Mercy University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major. Gwynedd - Mercy is located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Administration of Special Education at Gwynedd Mercy University

3

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major. This medium-sized school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Administration of Special Education at Concordia University, Chicago

4

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Administration of Special Education at Capella University

5

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Administration of Special Education at Regent University

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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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