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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$11,354 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,520 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, special education students earned 550 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

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.

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 Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Georgia to see which bachelor's 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Georgia Gwinnett College

Lawrenceville, GA

Our analysis found Georgia Gwinnett College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Georgia. Georgia Gwinnett College is a large public school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

Georgia Gwinnett College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,948 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Special Education at Georgia Gwinnett College Report

#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 Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of West Georgia are $6,521 per year.

Read full report on Special Education at University of West Georgia

Out of the 11 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southwestern State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. GSW is a small public school located in the distant town of Americus.

GSW undergraduate students pay an average of $5,464 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Special Education at Georgia Southwestern State University

#4

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GaSou are $6,485 a year.

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Out of the 11 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. CSU is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSU are $6,241 a year.

Read full report on Special Education at Columbus State University

#6

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta 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 #6 on the list. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Augusta University are $9,022 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Augusta University is ranked #3 for overall quality for special ed in Georgia.

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Georgia College & State 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 distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Georgia College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgia College also did well on our Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Special Education at Georgia College & State University

#8

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UGA are $12,068 per year. On average, special ed graduates from UGA take out $25,610 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UGA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

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With a ranking of #9, Georgia State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Georgia State are $9,286 a year.

Read full report on Special Education at Georgia State University

#10

Shorter University

Rome, GA

Shorter 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 #10 on the list. Shorter is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Rome.

Shorter undergraduate students pay an average of $22,810 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Special Education at Shorter University Report

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
Florida 1,103
Virginia 1,238
West Virginia 46
South Carolina 266
Arkansas 351
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

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 11 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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