2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

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 an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 3,388 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,100 and $31,392 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 633 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The special ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree special ed students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the Far Western US Region

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$5,965 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chemeketa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified associates’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

Chemeketa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chemeketa Community College is $5,965 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Special Ed students.

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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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