2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Colorado

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 Colorado” 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 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 a Doctorate in Colorado”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree special ed students.

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

#1

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Special Education at University of Northern Colorado

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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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