2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Disability Studies

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In 2019-2020, 257 people earned their degree in disability studies, making the major the 943rd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 disability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Disability Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in disability studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality disability studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the disability studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Disability Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree disability studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Disability Studies

#1

Aurora University

Aurora, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$17,215 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Aurora University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Disability Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s disability studies degrees to qualified students.

Aurora not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Disability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Aurora is $17,215 for Bachelor’s Degree Disability Studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$19,547 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Disability Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Wayne, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s disability studies students in 2019-2020.

William Paterson University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Disability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for William Paterson University of New Jersey is $19,547 for Bachelor’s Degree Disability Studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,312 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Disability Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s disability studies students in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Disability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UIC is $13,312 for Bachelor’s Degree Disability Studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read more about Disability Studies at UIC

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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