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Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Special Education is the #18 most popular major in Nebraska with 362 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best value school in Nebraska for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNL are $7,751 a year.

UNL also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650 a year.

Concordia University, Nebraska did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

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#3

Midland University

Fremont, NE

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midland University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.

Midland U graduate students pay an average of $14,613 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Midland U also took the #2 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 539
Minnesota 846
Kansas 444
Iowa 180
North Dakota 186
South Dakota 94

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

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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