2024 Best Special Education Schools in District of Columbia
2Colleges in District of Columbia
89Special Ed Degrees Awarded
$58,749Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #29 in popularity, special education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for special education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 degrees in special education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Special Education Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Special Education in District of Columbia
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the special ed degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat George Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in special education. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 54 special education students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. After graduating, special ed degree recipients usually earn about $58,749 in the first five years of their career.
It's difficult to beat American University if you want to pursue a degree in special education. The American University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 3rd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 10 special education students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in special education needs to look into Trinity Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 8th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were approximately 7 special education students who graduated with this degree at Trinity College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
