2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is the 930th most popular major in the country with 122 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 6 education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, New York

#15 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Teachers College at Columbia University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

#6 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s education/teaching of individuals with intellectual disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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