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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Nebraska. With 362 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Check out the special ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found University of Nebraska - Lincoln to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Nebraska. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNL are $7,751 a year.

UNL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list.

Full Special Education at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Nebraska helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Nebraska. Located in the town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Concordia University, Nebraska is ranked #4 for overall quality for special ed in Nebraska.

Full Special Education at Concordia University, Nebraska Report

#3

Midland University

Fremont, NE

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midland University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Midland U are $14,613 per year.

Midland U also took the #1 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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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
Missouri 539
Kansas 444
Minnesota 846
Iowa 180
South Dakota 94
North Dakota 186

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 3 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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