by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Ohio, there were 1,468 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,131 and $25,775 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 438 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 24 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Notre Dame College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio. NDC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 26 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Muskingum University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. This small school is located in New Concord, Ohio, and it awarded 32 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Vernon Nazarene University landed the #3 spot on the list. MVNU is located in Mount Vernon, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 Mount Vernon Nazarene University Special Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lourdes University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio. Lourdes University is a small school located in Sylvania, Ohio that handed out 7 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Malone University landed the #5 spot on the list. Canton, 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 11 students in 2020-2021.
Xavier University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #6. Xavier University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Baldwin Wallace University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #7. Berea, 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 16 students 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 freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Special Education at Baldwin Wallace University
Ashland University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Ohio. It awarded 19 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Ursuline College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. Ursuline College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
University of Toledo ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Toledo
Antioch University - Midwest came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. Antioch University - Midwest is located in Yellow Springs, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Antioch University McGregor
Cleveland State University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
Miami University - Oxford did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #13. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 43 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Special Education at Miami University - Oxford
Shawnee State University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. Shawnee State University is a small school located in Portsmouth, Ohio that handed out 5 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Shawnee State University
Otterbein University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #15. Otterbein University is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 4 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Kent State University at Kent came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. Kent State is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 30 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #17. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 32 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Ohio University - Athens Campus
Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 9 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wright State University - Main Campus Special Education Report
Youngstown State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 7 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Dayton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #20. University of Dayton is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 7 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #21. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 14 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of Akron Main Campus ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Akron Main Campus Special Education Report
With a ranking of #23, University of Rio Grande did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. University of Rio Grande is located in Rio Grande, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Special Education at University of Rio Grande
With a ranking of #23, John Carroll University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Ohio list. This small school is located in University Heights, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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