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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Special Education
Our analysis found Itawamba Community College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the remote town of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.
ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Miami Dade College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
MDC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,661 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, MDC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FSCJ are $9,631 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, FSCJ also is in the top 15% of our Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Request InformationBest 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 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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).
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