2023 Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for special ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the special ed associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Itawamba Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for special education students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.
ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,360 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.
MDC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,661 in tuition and fees each year.
MDC also claimed a spot on our Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida State College at Jacksonville is a great value for special education students working on their associate degree. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FSCJ are $9,631 per year.
FSCJ also claimed a spot on our Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
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 |
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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.
- 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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