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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education

6 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Special Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 22,244 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 69 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general 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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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree teaching students with disabilities students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education

#1

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LCCC is $7,117 for associate degree teaching students with disabilities students.

Read more about General Special Education at LCCC

#2

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Normandale Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

Normandale Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Normandale Community College is $12,620 for Associate Degree Teaching Students with Disabilities students.

Read more about General Special Education at Normandale Community College

#3

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Edinboro, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,833 for associate degree teaching students with disabilities students per year to attend Edinboro.

Full Edinboro University of Pennsylvania General Special Education Report

#4

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Warwick, Rhode Island, and it awarded 4 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

CCRI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,878 for Associate Degree Teaching Students with Disabilities students per year to attend CCRI.

Full CCRI General Special Education Report

#5

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Henry Ford College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

Henry Ford College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Henry Ford College is $3,182 for associate degree teaching students with disabilities students.

Full Henry Ford College General Special Education Report

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Clermont College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Batavia, Ohio, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Clermont College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,362 for Associate Degree Teaching Students with Disabilities students per year to attend University of Cincinnati - Clermont College.

Full UC Clermont College General 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%.

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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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