2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Administration of Special Education

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Administration of Special Education is the 950th most popular major in the country with 190 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 administration of special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in administration of special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in administration of special education.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree administration of special ed students.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Administration of Special Education

1

Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major. Houston Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Administration of Special Education at HBU

2

Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gwynedd Mercy University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major list. Gwynedd - Mercy is a small school located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Administration of Special Education at Gwynedd Mercy University

3

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major. Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in River Forest, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Administration of Special Education at Concordia University, Chicago

5

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Administration of Special Ed Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #5 spot on the list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s administration of special ed degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Administration of Special Education at Regent

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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