by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Oregon for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Oregon, there were 250 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,687 and $20,807 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 51 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s list. Monmouth, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Special Education at Western Oregon State College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s. University of Oregon is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 30 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Forest Grove, Oregon. It awarded 27 masters’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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bushnell University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read full report on Special Education at Bushnell University
Lewis & Clark College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Oregon for a Master’s list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Special Education at Lewis & Clark College
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