2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,422 people earned their degree in elementary special education, making the major the 367th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 73 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in elementary special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary special education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the elementary special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in Massachusetts

#1

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,818 Average Net Price

$52,462 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 ’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Simmons, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Special Education Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $25,818 for Massachusetts Elementary Special Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Simmons.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Elementary Special Education at Simmons University

#2

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$29,056 Average Net Price

$38,633 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Merrimack College landed the #2 spot on the list. Merrimack is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 67 ’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Merrimack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Special Education Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $29,056 for Massachusetts Elementary Special Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Merrimack College.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Elementary Special Education at Merrimack College

• Best Value Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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