by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that 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 Alabama, there were 437 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,377 and $24,608 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 11 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree special ed students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. University of West Alabama is located in Livingston, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 106 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama. Jacksonville State University is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. University of North Alabama is a public institution located in Florence, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. AUM is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. USA is a fairly large school located in Mobile, Alabama that handed out 12 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Alabama State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Samford University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #7. Samford University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Alabama A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #9. AAMU is a medium-sized public school situated in Normal, Alabama. It awarded 2 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Auburn University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama ranking. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Alabama list. The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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