2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Southeast Region

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General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 24,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 4,365 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general special education.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Special Education in the Southeast Region

1

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fulton, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Special Education at Itawamba Community College

2

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Wesson, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.

Full Copiah-Lincoln Community College General Special Education Report

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Perkinston, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Special Education Report

2

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coahoma Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region. Coahoma Community College is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Special Education at Coahoma Community College

• 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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