2023 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid
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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Elementary Special Education is the 326th most popular major in the country with 1,625 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 14 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in elementary special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary special education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Storm Lake, Iowa, and it awarded 5 ’s elementary special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
BVU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Special Education Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,054 for Plains States Region Elementary Special Ed students with aid per year to attend Buena Vista University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Elementary Special Education at BVU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Seward, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s elementary special ed students in 2020-2021.
Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Special Education Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Nebraska is $22,035 for Plains States Region Elementary Special Ed students with aid.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Full Concordia University, Nebraska Elementary Special Education Report
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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
- *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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