2024 Best General Special Education Schools in Virginia
9Colleges in Virginia
1,017Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
General Special Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #36 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general special education. Combined, these schools handed out 1,017 degrees in general special education to qualified students.
The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
General Special Education Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Special Education Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Special Education in Virginia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the teaching students with disabilities degree levels they offer.
Top Virginia Schools in Teaching Students with Disabilities
359Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat George Mason University if you want to pursue a degree in general special education. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 359 general special education students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
402Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Liberty University if you want to pursue a degree in general special education. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 402 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
45Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in general special education needs to check out Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 45 general special education students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
34Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat James Madison University if you wish to pursue a degree in general special education. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were about 34 general special education students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
Marymount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Arlington. This university ranks 16th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 10 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Marymount in the most recent data year.
54Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Old Dominion is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk. This university ranks 14th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 54 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 25 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent year we have data available.
61Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the suburb of Radford, Radford is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 61 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent data year.
Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 25th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 10 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Lynchburg 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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The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
