by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Rhode Island for a Master’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 Rhode Island, there were 142 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,210 and $28,001 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,718 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Rhode Island for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in special education.
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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 Rhode Island for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree special ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Rhode Island for a Master’s. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Rhode Island for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #2 spot on the list. Roger Williams University is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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 Rhode Island for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the #3 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Rhode Island for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s special ed students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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