2023 Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region

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Elementary Special Education is the 326th most popular major in the country with 1,625 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 19 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their elementary special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region elementary special ed students.

Top 6 Most Focused Colleges for Elementary Special Education in the Southeast Region

1

William Peace University
Raleigh, North Carolina

$31,094 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,291 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Peace University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. WPU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WPU Elementary Special Education Report

2

Welch College
Gallatin, Tennessee

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Welch College landed the #2 spot on the list. Gallatin, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s elementary special ed degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Welch Elementary Special Education Report

3

Trinity Baptist College
Jacksonville, Florida

$25,314 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,750 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Baptist College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s elementary special ed students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at Trinity Baptist College

4

Shorter University
Rome, Georgia

$41,291 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,323 Average Student Debt

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shorter University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rome, Georgia, and it awarded 2 ’s elementary special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Special Education at Shorter University

5

Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

$41,059 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,300 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Xavier University of Louisiana. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. XULA is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 3 ’s elementary special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at Xavier University of Louisiana

6

Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

$32,791 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,921 Average Student Debt

Lee University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Elementary Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Cleveland, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s elementary special ed students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Lee University 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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