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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region

9 Colleges
$47,433 Avg Salary
$27,169 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region to see which online programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Special Education Colleges.

#1

Granite State College

Concord, NH

Our 2023 rankings named Granite State College the most popular online school in the New England Region for special education students. GSC is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.

Special Ed majors at GSC take out an average of $26,460 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Special Education at Granite State College

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population.

Read full report on Special Education at University of Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU 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 NHTI-Concord’s Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the town of Concord, NHTI is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Special Education at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#5

Hebrew College

Newton Centre, MA

The excellent online programs at Hebrew College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the New England Region . Hebrew College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Newton Centre.

Full Special Education at Hebrew College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in the New England Region list. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Rindge.

Full Special Education at Franklin Pierce University Report

#5

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

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#8

Assumption University

Worcester, MA

Assumption University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best special education programs. Assumption is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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#8

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

Endicott College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for special education students. It came in at #8 on the list. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly.

Read full report on Special Education at Endicott College

Explore the most popular online special education colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 412
Massachusetts 1,313
Maine 115
Vermont 49
New Hampshire 125
Rhode Island 142

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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 9 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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