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2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,611 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, special education was ranked 4th in Wisconsin. In fact, 598 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named Waukesha County Technical College the best value school in Wisconsin for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCTC are $4,488 a year.

WCTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. NWTC is a large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NWTC are $4,734 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NWTC is ranked #1 for overall quality for special ed in Wisconsin.

Full Special Education at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Report

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,329
Illinois 1,153
Indiana 2,282
Michigan 607

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

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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