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2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,390 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,605 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Delaware. With 165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Special Education Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Delaware to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Delaware

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Colleges.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Special Education

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Wilmington University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a degree in Delaware. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 per year.

Wilmington University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Special Education Schools in Delaware list.

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$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 2 spot on the list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $15,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UD also made our Best Special Education Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Special Education at University of Delaware

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 799
Pennsylvania 1,854
New York 4,329
Maryland 416
District of Columbia 101

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 2 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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