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2023 Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

8 Colleges
$29,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Undergraduate Certificate School for You

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

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The Most Popular Special Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Cincinnati - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 95% of the special ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular special education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the town of Oxford.

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#3

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a great place for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.

About 75% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 25% are male.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, special ed majors at SMWC accumulate an average of around $32,626 in student debt.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a great place for special education students working on their undergraduate certificate. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Waukesha County Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular special education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Muskegon Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate special education programs. Muskegon Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Muskegon.

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Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for special education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for special education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,329
Illinois 1,153
Indiana 2,282
Michigan 607
Wisconsin 598

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 8 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.

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