2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Elementary Special Education is the 367th most popular major in the country with 1,422 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary special education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the elementary special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. BVU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Storm Lake, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BVU also made our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Buena Vista University are $9,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at Buena Vista University

#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

$19,152 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Upper Iowa University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UIU is a small school located in Fayette, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIU are $19,152, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at UIU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $75-$110k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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