2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 33,249 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 101 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,800 and $19,717 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,417 and $24,684 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great special education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Louisiana

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$9,968 Average Net Price

$36,344 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Nicholls State University is a public institution located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $9,968 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree Special Ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Read full report on Special Education at Nicholls State University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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