2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate

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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 Mississippi, there were 269 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,875 and $23,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,787 and $15,790 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular special education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education in Mississippi

1

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

#12 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate list. Itawamba Community College is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 3 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at ICC

2

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coahoma Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate list. Coahoma Community College is a small school located in Clarksdale, Mississippi that handed out 0 associates’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Coahoma Community College Special Education Report

2

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

#20 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Copiah-Lincoln Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public institution located in Wesson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Copiah-Lincoln Community College Special Education Report

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

#13 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Mississippi for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s special ed students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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