2023 Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Associate Degree School for You
With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Associate Degree Colleges.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Gateway Community College the best value school in the New England Region for special education students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of New Haven, Gateway Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Community College are $13,448 per year.
The excellent associate degree programs at Northern Vermont University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northern Vermont University are $26,892 a year.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the New England region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Connecticut | 412 |
Massachusetts | 1,313 |
Maine | 115 |
Vermont | 49 |
New Hampshire | 125 |
Rhode Island | 142 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Special Ed Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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