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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

20 Colleges
$51,373 Avg Salary
$25,770 Avg Student Debt

With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

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.

The Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online special ed programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

#1

Queens College

Queens, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Queens College the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for special education students. QC is a large public school located in the city of Queens.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The City College of New York is a great place for special education students pursuing an online degree. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent online programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a great place for special education students pursuing an online degree. Edinboro is a small public school located in the fringe town of Edinboro.

Read full report on Special Education at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

#5

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, PA

The excellent online programs at Lehigh Carbon Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Schnecksville, LCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Full Special Education at California University of Pennsylvania Report

#8

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carlow University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for special education students. It came in at #8 on the list. Carlow is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for special education students. It came in at #9 on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

While working on their degree, special ed majors at Clarion University accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Full Special Education at Clarion University of Pennsylvania Report

#10

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY

Niagara University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Niagara University.

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Explore the most popular online special education colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 799
Pennsylvania 1,854
New York 4,329
Maryland 416
District of Columbia 101
Delaware 165

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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 20 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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