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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,935 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,539 Avg Salary

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

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 539 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Missouri. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

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#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SLU are $22,614 a year.

SLU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Read full report on Special Education at Saint Louis University

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 444
Minnesota 846
Iowa 180
South Dakota 94
North Dakota 186
Nebraska 362

Special Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Special Ed Concentrations

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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