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2022 Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,333 people earned their degree in other special education and teaching, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,278 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in other special education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other special education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other special education and teaching program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. USI is a fairly large public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 17 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

USI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USI is $13,437 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Special Education & Teaching at University of Southern Indiana

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $13,986 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at Purdue University - Main Campus

#3

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shawnee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portsmouth, Ohio, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Shawnee State University also made our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Shawnee State University is $16,320 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

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#4

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carthage College landed the #4 spot on the list. Carthage is a small school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin that handed out 14 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Carthage also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carthage College is $28,191 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

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#5

Walsh University

North Canton, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walsh University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Walsh is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Canton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Walsh also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Walsh University is $16,075 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Spring Arbor University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Spring Arbor University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Spring Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 6 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Spring Arbor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $19,183 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students per year to attend Spring Arbor University.

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#7

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree other special ed students list, SMWC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is $15,669 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Special Ed students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#8

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#1 in overall quality

University of Dayton did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other special education and teaching students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree other special ed students list, UDayton has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $31,003 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other special ed students per year to attend UDayton.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at UDayton

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Notes and References

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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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