by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Maryland, there were 127 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. That schools that top this list have a program in general special education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree teaching students with disabilities students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowie State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowie, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Full Bowie State University General Special Education Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #2 spot on the list. McDaniel College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westminster, Maryland. It awarded 11 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland list. Located in Towson, Maryland, this large public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #4 spot on the list. UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Special Education at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Loyola University Maryland came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland ranking. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Coppin State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland ranking. Coppin State University is a small public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 0 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Special Education at Coppin State University
With a ranking of #6, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 0 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full Johns Hopkins University General Special Education Report
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