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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

27 Colleges
$49,862 Avg Salary
$22,246 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for special ed majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 75 students majoring in special ed at Liberty University, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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#2

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a large student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 6% are male.

Full Special Education at University of West Georgia Report

#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

Women make up 93% of the special ed majors at the school.

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#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 87% of the special ed majors at the school.

Read full report on Special Education at George Mason University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a great place for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 38 students majoring in special ed at A-State, 21% are male and 79% are female.

Full Special Education at Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

Northwestern State University of Louisiana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a large student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 13% are male.

Full Special Education at Northwestern State University of Louisiana Report

#7

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in special ed at ECU, 3% are male and 97% are female.

Read full report on Special Education at East Carolina University

With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students working on their online graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Women make up 91% of the special ed majors at the school.

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#8

University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

University of West Alabama landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate special education programs. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized public school located in the remote area of Livingston.

About 86% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 14% are male.

Full Special Education at University of West Alabama Report

#10

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Augusta.

Women make up 89% of the special ed majors at the school.

Full Special Education at Augusta University Report

Explore the most popular online 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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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 27 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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