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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools

5 Colleges
$29,426 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which online undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Chemeketa Community College to be the most popular school for special education students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the United States. Chemeketa Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Salem.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Pima Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the United States. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Of the 12 students majoring in special ed at Pima County Community College District, 8% are male and 92% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, special ed graduates from Pima County Community College District carry an average student debtload of $14,185.

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#3

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College landed the # 3 spot on the list. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.

Of the 4 students majoring in special ed at SMWC, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Special Ed majors at SMWC take out an average of $32,626 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#4

Compton College

Compton, CA

The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Compton College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the United States. Compton College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Compton.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Wright State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

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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 5 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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