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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Maryland (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
121 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Special Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 22,244 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 159 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 121 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Towson is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Towson are $18,972.

Read more about General Special Education at Towson University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Read more about General Special Education at University of Maryland - College Park

#3

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowie State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bowie, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bowie State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bowie State University are $15,281.

Read full report on General Special Education at Bowie State University

#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 19 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins General Special Education Report

#5

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. McDaniel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Westminster, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

McDaniel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at McDaniel are $9,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full McDaniel General Special Education Report

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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%.

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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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