2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Delaware

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in Delaware” 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 Delaware, there were 119 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,800 and $35,911 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,664 and $43,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Delaware” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in special education. 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Delaware” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Delaware

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Delaware

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$8,834 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,607 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Delaware. This fairly large school is located in New Castle, Delaware, and it awarded 78 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilmington University also made our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wilmington University are $8,834.

Full Wilmington University Special Education Report

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$35,192 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,628 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Special Education at UD

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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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