by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region” ranking.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 24 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. UMaine Farmington is a public institution located in Farmington, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Special Education at University of Maine at Farmington
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the #2 spot on the list. Providence is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 41 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #3 spot on the list. Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Salve Regina University
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southern Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 41 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bridgewater State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region. Located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Special Education at Bridgewater State University
Rhode Island College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. RIC is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 24 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Hartford ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 24 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Westfield State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Westfield is a public institution located in Westfield, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Westfield State University
Rivier University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Rivier University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashua, New Hampshire. It awarded 5 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Rivier University
With a ranking of #10, University of Saint Joseph did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Lesley University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on General Special Education at Lesley University
Northern Vermont University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #12. Northern Vermont University is a small public school situated in Johnson, Vermont. It awarded 2 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Northern Vermont University General Special Education Report
Fitchburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Fitchburg State University
Merrimack College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Connecticut ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 17 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Special Education at University of Connecticut
Granite State College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Concord, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Curry College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. Curry is a small school located in Milton, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Boston University
With a ranking of #19, Regis College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. Regis College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Weston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stonehill College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. Stonehill is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Easton, Massachusetts. It awarded 10 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Stonehill College
New England College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. NEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Franklin Pierce University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Franklin Pierce University General Special Education Report
Gordon College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region ranking. Gordon College is a small school located in Wenham, Massachusetts that handed out 13 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Nazarene College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the New England Region list. ENC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Quincy, Massachusetts. It awarded 19 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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