by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia” ranking.
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 Georgia, there were 550 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,456 and $24,354 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, South Georgia State College landed the #1 spot on the list. South Georgia State College is a public institution located in Douglas, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Gwinnett College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Georgia Gwinnett College is a public institution located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Young Harris College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Located in Young Harris, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Georgia College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 13 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shorter University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia. This small school is located in Rome, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia Southwestern State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #6. Georgia Southwestern State University is a small school located in Americus, Georgia that handed out 4 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Columbus State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Columbus, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
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University of West Georgia ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. University of West Georgia is a fairly large school located in Carrollton, Georgia that handed out 11 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at University of West Georgia
Georgia Southern University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Georgia Southern University is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 18 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Augusta University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Located in Augusta, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Georgia came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Brenau University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Located in Gainesville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Georgia State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia list. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 9 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Special Education at Georgia State University
University of North Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #14. University of North Georgia is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Piedmont College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #14. Piedmont College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Demorest, Georgia. It awarded 13 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Valdosta State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Special Education at Valdosta State University
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