2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

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 Doctorate in Massachusetts” 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 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent special education programs, but they also 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 Doctorate in Massachusetts” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Massachusetts

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Boston U 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Special Education at Boston University

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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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