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Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$29,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Special Education is the #29 most popular major in the country with 36,792 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Missouri State University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in the Plains States Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 539
Minnesota 846
Kansas 444
Iowa 180
Nebraska 362
North Dakota 186
South Dakota 94

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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