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2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Connecticut, there were 477 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,733 and $23,556 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent special education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 11 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $14,157 for connecticut bachelor’s degree special ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Special Education at UCONN

#2

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

SCSU also made our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,028 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Special Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Connecticut State University.

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#3

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Joseph. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

USJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Saint Joseph is $15,800 for connecticut bachelor’s degree special ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Special Education at University of Saint Joseph

#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $24,411 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Special Ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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).
  • 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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