2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Colorado, there were 297 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,283 and $33,386 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great special education programs and 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree special ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Northern Colorado Special Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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