2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's Degree School for You
Special Education is the #14 most popular major in Utah with 1,507 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Utah to see which doctor's 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the best value school in Utah for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USU are $7,366 a year.
USU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $8,068 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, U of U is ranked #2 for overall quality for special ed in Utah.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 340 |
| Idaho | 81 |
| Montana | 22 |
| Wyoming | 0 |
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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.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 2 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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