by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Illinois, there were 1,153 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,433 and $23,191 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,698 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.
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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree special ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 26 doctorate’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Illinois. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s special ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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