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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Louisiana, there were 105 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,739 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 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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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 Louisiana for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree special ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Louisiana University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. Hammond, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and it awarded 15 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. XULA is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 3 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 3 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Louisiana Tech University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 1 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of New Orleans ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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Grambling State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s ranking. Grambling, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, University of Louisiana at Monroe did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Louisiana for a Master’s list. ULM is a public institution located in Monroe, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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