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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,190 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,539 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Doctor'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.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Georgia 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.

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

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 Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named Kennesaw State University the best value school in Georgia for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

KSU Georgia graduate students pay an average of $7,224 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Special Education at Kennesaw State University Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $11,156 per year.

UGA also made our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #2.

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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
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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

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