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Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2 Colleges
$29,426 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online undergraduate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods, SMWC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the special ed majors at the school.

Special Ed majors at SMWC take out an average of $32,626 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Special Education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wright State University - Main Campus is a great place for special education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Dayton.

Full Special Education at Wright State University - Main Campus Report

Explore the most popular online special education colleges 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

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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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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