2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Elementary Special Education is the 367th most popular major in the country with 1,422 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 73 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary special education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary special education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education in Massachusetts

#1

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,296 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Merrimack is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in North Andover, Massachusetts. It awarded 62 masters’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Merrimack, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack College are $31,296, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at Merrimack

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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

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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