2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's 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.
The Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Kennesaw State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KSU Georgia are $21,174 a year.
KSU Georgia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 15% of our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Georgia
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 a year.
Full Special Education at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.
Clemson excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Southeast Region . UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.
UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.
Florida International University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.
Read full report on Special Education at Florida International University
University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 20% of our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Florida
Auburn University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Auburn graduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Auburn also is in the top 5% of our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
The University of Alabama did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA are $30,940 a year.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
VCU graduate students pay an average of $29,546 in tuition and fees each year.
VCU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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 |
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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 13 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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