by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah” 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 Utah, there were 1,507 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,872 and $22,141 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 484 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 5 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree special ed students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Governors University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 420 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 49 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah list. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #5 spot on the list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 6 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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