2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 186 people earned their degree in administration of special education, making the major the 950th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 51 administration of special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in administration of special education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great administration of special education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the administration of special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying administration of special ed.

Top 2 Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota

151 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$12,081 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Saint Scholastica. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s. This small school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 masters’s administration of special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

St. Scholastica also made our “Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, St. Scholastica supports 3,712 students, and 151 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 75 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,081. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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

[Read full report on veteran student life at St. Scholastica]](/colleges/the-college-of-saint-scholastica/student-life/veterans/)

2

Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,721 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s list. Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s administration of special ed degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walden University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Walden University, 2,721 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,568 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,240. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Walden University Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

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