2023 Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Georgia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, special education students earned 550 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 6th in the state.
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in Georgia 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.
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 Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Special Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Southwestern State University the best value school in Georgia for special education students working on their master’s degree. GSW is a small public school located in the distant town of Americus.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSW are $4,892 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a large student population.
University of West Georgia graduate students pay an average of $6,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Georgia College & State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Georgia. Located in the town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Georgia College graduate students pay an average of $7,308 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, Georgia College is ranked #5 for overall quality for special ed in Georgia.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Albany State University is a great value for special education students working on their master’s degree. Albany State is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Albany.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Albany State are $5,308 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. VSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Valdosta.
VSU graduate students pay an average of $6,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Kennesaw State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at KSU Georgia are $7,224 per year.
University of Georgia ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
UGA graduate students pay an average of $11,156 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, UGA is ranked #2 for overall quality for special ed in Georgia.
Georgia State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia State are $9,292 per year.
Columbus State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree special education programs. CSU is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbus.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSU are $8,170 a year.
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Piedmont College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Piedmont College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Demorest.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Piedmont College are $11,020 a year.
Piedmont College also took the #4 spot in our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia rankings.
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 |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 608 |
| Tennessee | 354 |
| North Carolina | 477 |
| Florida | 1,103 |
| 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
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 12 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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