2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,882 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general special education programs, but they also cost less that 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 the Plains States Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Special Education at KU

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

SLU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 2 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Special Education at University of Missouri - Columbia

#4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#4 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#5 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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