by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Iowa, there were 180 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,893 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree special ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Upper Iowa University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 17 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, 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 Iowa for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Sioux Center, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Iowa for a Bachelor’s. Storm Lake, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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