2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Montana, there were 25 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Montana

#1

Montana State University - Billings

Billings, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$20,243 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University - Billings is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

Montana State University - Billings did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University - Billings are $20,243, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Montana State University - Billings Special Education Report

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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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