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2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$21,480 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, special education was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 36,792 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named Waukesha County Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

WCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,603 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Special Education at Waukesha County Technical College

Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,849 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NWTC also is in the top 15% of our Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Great Lakes Region . UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Special Education at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

#4

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods, SMWC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SMWC are $30,550 a year. Special Ed majors at SMWC take out an average of $32,626 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $36,288 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Miami University - Oxford is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 607
Ohio 1,329
Illinois 1,153
Indiana 2,282
Wisconsin 598

Special Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

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