by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 1,238 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,837 and $31,153 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 863 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 14 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 Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Averett University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia. This small school is located in Danville, Virginia, and it awarded 12 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 326 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Radford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. This medium-sized school is located in Radford, Virginia, and it awarded 61 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 306 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #5 spot on the list. Regent University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 25 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Lynchburg landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia ranking. Lynchburg is a small school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 10 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #7, Old Dominion University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 52 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Randolph College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia ranking. Randolph College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 1 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
Marymount University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. Marymount is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 6 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, James Madison University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 31 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia ranking. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 33 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Hampton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. Hampton University is a small school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 0 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Norfolk State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #12. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Virginia list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 9 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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