2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found McDaniel College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the small suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
McDaniel graduate students pay an average of $9,568 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, McDaniel is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The College of New Jersey. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. TCNJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Ewing.
TCNJ graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.
TCNJ also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Montclair State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarion University are $13,862 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Notre Dame of Maryland University is a great value for special education students working on their graduate certificate. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NDMU are $13,711 a year.
Marywood University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.
With a ranking of #7, Rowan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rowan are $16,146 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Rowan is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
With a ranking of #8, Niagara University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Niagara University.
Niagara graduate students pay an average of $13,950 in tuition and fees each year.
Towson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.
Towson graduate students pay an average of $19,890 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Towson is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.
WCUPA graduate students pay an average of $16,758 in tuition and fees each year.
WCUPA also claimed a spot on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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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 25 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).
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