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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,687 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, special education was ranked 4th in Wisconsin. In fact, 598 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our analysis found Viterbo University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Wisconsin. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Crosse.

Viterbo graduate students pay an average of $9,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Viterbo did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list.

Full Special Education at Viterbo University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. UW - Eau Claire is a large public school located in the small city of Eau Claire.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW - Eau Claire are $9,400 a year.

UW - Eau Claire also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list, coming in at #2.

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Out of the 4 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Oshkosh are $9,260 per year.

Full Special Education at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Report

#4

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Alverno College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Wisconsin. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Alverno graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,329
Illinois 1,153
Indiana 2,282
Michigan 607

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 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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