2024 Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island
4Colleges in Rhode Island
142Special Ed Degrees Awarded
$45,210Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #29 in popularity, special education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 142 degrees in special education to qualified students.
Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for special education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Special Education in Rhode Island
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the special ed degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Providence College if you want to pursue a degree in special education. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were roughly 43 special education students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the special ed program state that they receive average early career wages of $40,466.
Rhode Island College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in special education. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 58 special education students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available. Those special education students who get their degree from Rhode Island College make $2,582 more than the standard special ed graduate.
Salve Regina University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in special education. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 686th out of 2,217 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were approximately 19 special education students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent data year. After graduation, special ed degree recipients typically make about $44,791 at the beginning of their careers.
Roger Williams University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in special education. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #580 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 special education students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for special education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
