2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Montana. With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right 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.

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

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Special Education Colleges.

Best Special Education School

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	340
Utah	1,507
Idaho	81
Wyoming	0

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

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

Most Popular Majors Related 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 values are for the top school 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.