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2023 Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,687 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,761 Avg Salary

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

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Nevada. With 215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Special Education

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Nevada. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $6,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNR is ranked #1 for overall quality for special ed in Nevada.

Read full report on Special Education at University of Nevada - Reno

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Nevada. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNLV are $6,607 a year.

UNLV did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada list.

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#3

Sierra Nevada College

Incline Village, NV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sierra Nevada College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada list. Located in the town of Incline Village, SNC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNC are $19,165 per year.

Full Special Education at Sierra Nevada College Report

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
Hawaii 49
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 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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