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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 California, there were 3,154 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,751 and $17,326 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The special ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Biola University landed the #3 spot on the list. La Mirada, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in California for a Bachelor’s list. Mount Saint Mary’s University is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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