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2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Hawaii

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,820 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Hawaii. With 49 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Schools in Hawaii ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to see which 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Colleges.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality in Special Education

$12,186 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii at Manoa the best value school in Hawaii for special education students. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

UH Manoa undergraduate students pay an average of $12,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, special ed graduates from UH Manoa carry an average student debtload of $21,681.

UH Manoa also took the #3 spot in our Best Special Education Schools in Hawaii rankings.

Full Special Education at University of Hawaii at Manoa Report

$27,454 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Chaminade University of Honolulu landed the # 2 spot on the list. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Honolulu.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chaminade University of Honolulu are $27,454 per year.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also made our Best Special Education Schools in Hawaii list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 238
Oregon 234
California 2,861
Nevada 215
Alaska 52

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

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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