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 Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Vermont, there were 49 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,618 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in special education. To top this list, a school must have a successful special education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons 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 Vermont for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Northern Vermont University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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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