2023 Best Value Special Education Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Basic Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Check out the special ed basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Quinsigamond Community College the best value school in the New England Region for special education students working on their basic certificate. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Quinsigamond Community College are $10,774 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Quinsigamond Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for special ed in the New England Region .
Full Special Education at Quinsigamond Community College Report
The excellent basic certificate programs at NHTI-Concord’s Community College 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 fringe town of Concord, NHTI is a public college with a small student population.
NHTI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,450 in tuition and fees each year.
NHTI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Special Education Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Gateway Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of New Haven, Gateway Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Gateway Community College are $13,448 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bridgewater State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Bridgewater State is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bridgewater.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bridgewater State are $16,872 a year.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education colleges 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 4 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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