2021 Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Utah
3Colleges
948Bachelor's Degrees
$18,496Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Special Education is the #12 most popular major in Utah with 948 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 10.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
For this year's Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Utah ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in special ed. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Utah
Check out the special ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Special Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Western Governors University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Utah that are best for non-traditional special education students. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at WGU is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 150,116 students at WGU and they are all exclusively distance learners.
Utah State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan. USU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in Utah list.
About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. 9,734 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo. BYU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in Utah list.
The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,504 part time students in attendance at BYU.
Special Education Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Special Education is the #12 most popular major in Utah with 948 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 10.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
