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Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges
$15,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Associate Degree School for You

Special Education is the #29 most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for special ed majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Special Education

#1

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Miami Dade College the best school in the Southeast Region for special education students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida State College at Jacksonville is a great place for special education students working on their associate degree. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 550
Virginia 1,238
North Carolina 477
Florida 1,103
Tennessee 354
Kentucky 608
South Carolina 266
Louisiana 103
Arkansas 351
Alabama 437
Mississippi 269
West Virginia 46

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Special Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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