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2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$37,061 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,210 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

In 2020-2021, special education students earned 142 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 3rd 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Special Education

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI
$10,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the best value school in Rhode Island for special education students. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RIC are $10,702 per year. Special Ed majors at RIC take out an average of $30,004 in student loans while working on their egree.

RIC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island list.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 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, RWU is ranked #3 for overall quality for special ed in Rhode Island.

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#3

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI
$44,200 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Salve Regina University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salve Regina are $44,200 per year. Special Ed majors at Salve Regina take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Providence College

Providence, RI
$55,988 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Providence undergraduate students pay an average of $55,988 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Special Ed majors at Providence take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 412
Massachusetts 1,313
Maine 115
Vermont 49
New Hampshire 125

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 4 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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