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 South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 South Carolina, there were 266 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,699 and $25,769 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. That schools that top this list have a program in special education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 South Carolina”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Converse College landed the #1 spot on the list. Converse College is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 14 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Francis Marion University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina list. Francis Marion University is a small public school situated in Florence, South Carolina. It awarded 19 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Special Education at Francis Marion University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winthrop University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina list. Winthrop University is a medium-sized public school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 17 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Furman University landed the #4 spot on the list. Furman is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 8 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coastal Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina. Conway, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Coastal Carolina University
University of South Carolina - Upstate came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina ranking. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Full University of South Carolina - Upstate Special Education Report
With a ranking of #7, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 15 masters’s special ed 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #8. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
South Carolina State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina list. South Carolina State University is a small school located in Orangeburg, South Carolina that handed out 3 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Special Education at South Carolina State University
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #9. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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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