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2023 Best Value Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$10,519 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,520 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, special education was ranked 4th in Arkansas. In fact, 351 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Special Education

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for special education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $9,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Special Ed majors at UARK take out an average of $23,286 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

Full Special Education at University of Arkansas Report

#2

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Henderson State University is a great value for special education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Henderson State University are $7,560 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-State are $7,130 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Arkansas. UCA is a large public school located in the city of Conway.

UCA undergraduate students pay an average of $9,563 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Arkansas. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Little Rock are $9,512 per year.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Pine Bluff, UAPB is a public college with a small student population.

UAPB undergraduate students pay an average of $8,064 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Harding University

Searcy, AR

Harding University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harding are $22,230 a year.

Harding also took the #2 spot in our Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 608
Tennessee 354
North Carolina 477
Georgia 550
Florida 1,103
Virginia 1,238
West Virginia 46
South Carolina 266
Louisiana 103
Mississippi 269
Alabama 437

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

Special Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Special Education 24,497
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 3,111
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities 1,789
Elementary Special Education 1,625
Other Special Education & Teaching 1,227
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism 1,133
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs 655
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities 540
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented 504
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments 415
Education of the Deaf 363
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 226
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed 222
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs 181
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness 134
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 122
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments 47
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries 1

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 7 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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