2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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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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.
Request InformationBest Value Special Education Colleges in the Plains States Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 539 |
Minnesota | 846 |
Kansas | 444 |
Iowa | 180 |
North Dakota | 186 |
South Dakota | 94 |
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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 |
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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).
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