by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Michigan” 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 Michigan, there were 609 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,967 and $30,413 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,142 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan doctor’s degree special ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Michigan list. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Michigan list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 90 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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