2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Utah
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education 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.
The Best Value Special Education Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best value 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 Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in Utah for special education students. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BYU are $6,120 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #2 for overall quality for special ed in Utah.
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The excellent programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Utah. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
WGU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,452 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, special ed graduates from WGU carry an average student debtload of $26,383.
WGU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Special Education Schools in Utah list.
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The excellent programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Utah. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSU are $6,228 a year.
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The excellent programs at Utah Valley University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Utah. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,010 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #3 for overall quality for special ed in Utah.
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Out of the 7 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at U of U are $8,893 a year.
U of U also made our Best Special Education Schools in Utah list, coming in at #5.
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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for special education students. It came in at #6 on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USU are $8,960 a year. While working on their degree, special ed majors at USU accumulate an average of around $17,898 in student debt.
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Westminster College Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Schools in Utah list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $38,680 per year.
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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 7 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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