2023 Best General Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate list. Fulton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
ICC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 141 of the 4,696 students enrolled at ICC were GI Bill® students, of which 46 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,920. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Itawamba Community College]](/colleges/itawamba-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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- 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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