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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota” 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 North Dakota, there were 220 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $26,621 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 183 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,960 and $29,702 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in North Dakota

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,104 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 156 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Dakota Special Education Report

#2

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minot State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota list. This small school is located in Minot, North Dakota, and it awarded 12 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MSU are $9,936.

Read full report on Special Education at MSU

#3

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$17,861 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota. UMary is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 15 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UMary also took the #2 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mary are $17,861, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Special Education at UMary

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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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