2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major
630
Ranked Colleges
21,797
Degrees Awarded
$49,761
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21,797 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major” ranking looked at 630 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree special ed students.
Top 25 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education
Out of the 630 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown College landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Georgetown, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 86 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Full Georgetown College Special Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Daemen College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. This small school is located in Amherst, New York, and it awarded 187 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Special Education at Daemen College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 1,369 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Special Education at Ball State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Touro College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major. Touro is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 635 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full Touro Special Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 148 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Full AIC Special Education Report
Endicott College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Endicott College is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 208 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Endicott Special Education Report
Morningside College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 95 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read full report on Special Education at Morningside College
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking, coming in at #8. Bryn Athyn College of the New Church is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Special Education Report
Bank Street College of Education came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Bank Street College of Education is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 54 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Bank Street College of Education Special Education Report
With a ranking of #10, Manhattanville College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. This small school is located in Purchase, New York, and it awarded 73 masters’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 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%.
Read full report on Special Education at Manhattanville College
Wilson College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. This small school is located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 37 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full Wilson Special Education Report
Caribbean University - Ponce ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Caribbean University - Ponce is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ponce, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Special Education at Caribbean University - Ponce
Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1,272 diplomas to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Special Education Report
Eastern Nazarene College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Quincy, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
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.
Read full report on Special Education at ENC
With a ranking of #15, University of Saint Joseph did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 77 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of Saint Joseph Special Education Report
Roberts Wesleyan College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Roberts Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Special Education at Roberts Wesleyan College
Notre Dame College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at NDC
With a ranking of #18, Cambridge College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Cambridge College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 85 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Cambridge College Special Education Report
Alliant International University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Alliant International University is a small school located in San Diego, California that handed out 94 masters’s special ed degrees 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Special Education at Alliant International University
Neumann University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking, coming in at #20. Neumann University is located in Aston, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Special Education at Neumann University
With a ranking of #21, St. Joseph’s College - New York did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 122 diplomas to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about Special Education at St. Joseph’s College - New York
St. Thomas Aquinas College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Sparkill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Full STAC Special Education Report
With a ranking of #23, Muskingum University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Muskingum University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Concord, Ohio. It awarded 32 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Muskingum
Carlos Albizu University - Miami ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major list. Carlos Albizu University - Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Full Carlos Albizu University - Miami Special Education Report
Notre Dame de Namur University landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major ranking. Belmont, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 33 students 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Notre Dame de Namur University Special Education Report