by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in New Hampshire” 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.
Across New Hampshire, there were 139 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,967 and $26,460 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,663 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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 colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree special ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 14 masters’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 Keene State College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire. Keene State College is a public institution located in Keene, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #3 spot on the list. New England College is a small school located in Henniker, New Hampshire that handed out 4 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin Pierce University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 2 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rivier University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire list. This small school is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, and it awarded 1 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern New Hampshire University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire ranking, coming in at #6. Southern New Hampshire University is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Hampshire list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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