2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major
542
Ranked Colleges
15,631
Degrees Awarded
$28,100
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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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15,631 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major” ranking, we looked at 542 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.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major”.
Top 25 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major. Located in Georgetown, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 86 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Georgetown College General Special Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Bryn Athyn College of the New Church is located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on General Special Education at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bank Street College of Education. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major. Bank Street College of Education is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 54 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about General Special Education at Bank Street College of Education
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Daemen College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major. This small school is located in Amherst, New York, and it awarded 105 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Daemen College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattanville College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. This small school is located in Purchase, New York, and it awarded 73 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Manhattanville General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #6, Wilson College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Wilson
Caribbean University - Ponce ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Located in Ponce, , this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on General Special Education at Caribbean University - Ponce
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1,272 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students 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 Arizona State University - Skysong General Special Education Report
Morningside College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #9. Morningside College is a small school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 61 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Morningside
Eastern Nazarene College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #10. ENC is a small school located in Quincy, Massachusetts that handed out 19 masters’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.
Read full report on General Special Education at Eastern Nazarene College
With a ranking of #11, Roberts Wesleyan College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Located in Rochester, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 56 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 Roberts Wesleyan
Alliant International University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. San Diego, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 94 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Alliant International University
St. Joseph’s College - New York ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. SJC is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 122 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Full St. Joseph’s College - New York General Special Education Report
Notre Dame de Namur University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #14. NDNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belmont, California. It awarded 33 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full NDNU General Special Education Report
St. Thomas Aquinas College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. St. Thomas Aquinas College is located in Sparkill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Special Education at STAC
With a ranking of #16, University of Wisconsin - Superior did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Superior, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
Full UW - Superior General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #17, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Located in Odessa, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 92 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Special Education at UT Permian Basin
With a ranking of #18, Muskingum University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Muskingum is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Concord, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Special Education at Muskingum
Drury University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Special Education at Drury University
With a ranking of #20, National University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. National University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 431 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at National University
With a ranking of #21, Lesley University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 76 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Read more about General Special Education at Lesley
University of Saint Joseph did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #22. USJ is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full USJ General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #23, University of West Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized public school situated in Livingston, Alabama. It awarded 106 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Special Education at University of West Alabama
Lamar University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 320 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Lamar University
Saint Joseph’s University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. St. Joe’s is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 137 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Full St. Joe’s General Special Education Report
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