2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California

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 Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across California, there were 1,411 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree teaching students with disabilities students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#3 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California list. University of California - Los Angeles is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 4 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.

Read full report on General Special Education at University of California - Los Angeles

#2

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#2 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Berkeley General Special Education Report

#3

Chapman University

Orange, California

#1 in overall quality

$35,105 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Orange, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman University are $35,105.

Read more about General Special Education at Chapman University

#3

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#4 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in California. University of San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

USFCA also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Francisco are $26,710.

Read more about General Special Education at USFCA

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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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