If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in special education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #55 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of special education. Combined, these schools handed out 71 bachelor's degrees in special education to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on special education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of special education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt special education students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized special education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for special education students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Special Education in Nevada
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in special education.
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in special education has to check out University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduating, special ed bachelor's recipients generally earn about $49,827 at the beginning of their careers.
It is hard to beat Nevada State College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in special education. NSC is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Henderson.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the special ed program make an average of $53,159 in their early career salary.
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).
