2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Special Education & Teaching is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 2,333 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 137 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other special education and teaching. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other special education and teaching programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other special education and teaching program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region

#1

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other special education and teaching degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

UST MN also made our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of St Thomas Minnesota are $24,814.

Full University of St Thomas Minnesota Other Special Education & Teaching Report

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 17 masters’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNL Other Special Education & Teaching Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching

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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