2023 Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
29
Degrees Awarded
$33,700
Avg Cost*
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 District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s” 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 District of Columbia, there were 40 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general special education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 88%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at George Washington University]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 6 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trinity College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Trinity Washington University supports 1,846 students, and 27 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,987. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- 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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