2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Plains States region, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 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 the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #1 spot on the list. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Storm Lake, Iowa. It awarded 6 masters’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

BVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Buena Vista University are $9,936.

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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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