2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southeast region, there were 5,866 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,190 and $24,022 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree special ed students.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in the Southeast Region

1

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. ICC is a public institution located in Fulton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at Itawamba Community College

2

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the #2 spot on the list. FSCJ is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at Florida State College at Jacksonville

3

Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s special ed students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at MDC

4

St Petersburg College
Clearwater, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. St Petersburg College is a large public school situated in Clearwater, Florida. It awarded 10 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at St Petersburg College

4

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public institution located in Perkinston, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

4

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coahoma Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at Coahoma Community College

4

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public institution located in Wesson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Special Education at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

• 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.

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