2024 Best General Special Education Schools in Maryland
2Colleges in Maryland
127Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general special education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #36 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for general special education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 127 degrees in general special education to qualified students.
The teaching students with disabilities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Special Education Schools in Maryland.
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Best Schools for General Special Education in Maryland
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the teaching students with disabilities degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Maryland Schools in Teaching Students with Disabilities
61Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Towson University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general special education. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 61 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maryland - College Park is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general special education. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 29 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general special education has to look into McDaniel College. McDaniel is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small suburb of Westminster. This college ranks 19th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 11 general special education students who graduated with this degree at McDaniel in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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