2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 799 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,474 and $24,418 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,217 and $15,066 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in special education. That schools that top this list have a program in special education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in New Jersey

1

Cumberland County College
Vineland, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cumberland County College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey. This small school is located in Vineland, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Cumberland County College Special Education Report

2

Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus
Sewell, New Jersey

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus is a medium-sized school located in Sewell, New Jersey that handed out 1 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at RCSJ

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.