2023 Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Master's Degree School for You
Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Florida. With 1,103 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th 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.
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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Florida to see which master's degree 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.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Special Education Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Flagler College - St Augustine to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. Located in the small suburb of Saint Augustine, Flagler St. Augustine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Flagler St. Augustine graduate students pay an average of $6,864 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Florida Gulf Coast University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Florida. FGCU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Myers.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.
FGCU also made our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #3.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.
FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of West Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. UWF is a large public school located in the city of Pensacola.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UWF are $9,062 a year.
UWF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCF are $8,872 a year.
UCF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Central Florida
University of North Florida landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree special education programs. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNF are $10,364 a year.
Read full report on Special Education at University of North Florida
University of Florida landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree special education programs. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UF are $12,737 a year.
UF also took the #1 spot in our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.
University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USF Tampa are $10,428 a year.
Read full report on Special Education at University of South Florida - Main Campus
With a ranking of #9, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for special education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.
FIU graduate students pay an average of $11,106 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Full Special Education at Florida International University Report
Southeastern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree special education programs. SEU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakeland.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SEU are $12,350 a year.
Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kentucky | 608 |
Tennessee | 354 |
North Carolina | 477 |
Georgia | 550 |
Virginia | 1,238 |
West Virginia | 46 |
South Carolina | 266 |
Arkansas | 351 |
Louisiana | 103 |
Mississippi | 269 |
Alabama | 437 |
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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
Majors Similar to Special Ed
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 16 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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