2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Louisiana

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 Master’s in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 22,244 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 44 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Louisiana

#1

Southeastern Louisiana University

Hammond, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$21,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Hammond, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

Southeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern are $21,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Special Education at Southeastern Louisiana University

#2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Natchitoches, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$20,402 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our louisiana master’s degree teaching students with disabilities students list, NSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern State University of Louisiana are $20,402.

Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana 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%.

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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