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2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$57,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 1,307 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,132 and $25,690 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 5 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

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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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