2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region

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In 2020-2021, 24,497 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 1,404 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general special education.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the New England Region

1

Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island

Top 25% overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region. Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 7 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Community College of Rhode Island General Special Education Report

2

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Vermont University General Special Education Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education

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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