2022 Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate

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 “Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Education of the Deaf is the 743rd most popular major in the country with 392 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education of the deaf programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the education of the deaf program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The deaf education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Education of the Deaf

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s deaf education degrees to qualified students.

Lamar University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Education of the Deaf Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Education of the Deaf at Lamar University

#2

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$18,706 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Deaf Education Schools for a Doctorate. Gallaudet University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s deaf education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree deaf education students list, Gallaudet has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Education of the Deaf Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gallaudet are $18,706, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Education of the Deaf at Gallaudet 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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