by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 36,792 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. 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 New England region, there were 2,181 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,433 and $27,169 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 28 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.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree special ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 18 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at University of Maine at Farmington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Concord, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newport, Rhode Island, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Special Education at Salve Regina University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Southern Connecticut State University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University
Bridgewater State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Bridgewater State University is a public institution located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Rhode Island College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
University of Hartford came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 24 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #9, Westfield State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Westfield is a medium-sized public school situated in Westfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 16 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rivier University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Saint Joseph ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Special Education at University of Saint Joseph
Lesley University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Lesley University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Northern Vermont University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 2 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Northern Vermont University
Fitchburg State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Fitchburg, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Special Education at Fitchburg State University
Merrimack College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #16. Merrimack is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in North Andover, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
New England College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #17. New England College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Connecticut landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 17 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Curry College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Milton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Endicott College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Beverly, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Vermont came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern New Hampshire University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Full Southern New Hampshire University Special Education Report
Regis College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Weston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, Eastern Nazarene College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Quincy, Massachusetts, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Stonehill College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #24. Stonehill is a small school located in Easton, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Franklin Pierce University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Gordon College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Wenham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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