2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor'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.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the special ed doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. SRU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Slippery Rock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SRU are $18,216 a year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Duquesne graduate students pay an average of $24,534 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Special Education at Duquesne University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Teachers College at Columbia University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Teachers College graduate students pay an average of $35,054 in tuition and fees each year.
Teachers College also took the #3 spot in our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
Read full report on Special Education at Teachers College at Columbia University
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMCP also did well on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
Read full report on Special Education at George Washington University
Syracuse University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.
Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 799 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,854 |
| New York | 4,329 |
| Maryland | 416 |
| District of Columbia | 101 |
| Delaware | 165 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 6 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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