by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 23,838 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major” ranking analyzed 743 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general special education.
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The teaching students with disabilities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Georgetown College is a small school located in Georgetown, Kentucky that handed out 63 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University of Puerto Rico. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Bayamon, Puerto Rico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at AUPR Bayamon
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Joseph’s College - New York. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 310 diplomas to qualified ’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full St. Joseph’s College - New York General Special Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Daemen College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Daemen College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Amherst, New York. It awarded 89 ’s teaching students with disabilities 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major. Bryn Athyn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Special Education at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bank Street College of Education did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #6. Bank Street College of Education is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about General Special Education at Bank Street College of Education
Roberts Wesleyan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #7. Roberts Wesleyan College is a small school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 74 ’s teaching students with disabilities 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 more about General Special Education at Roberts Wesleyan
Morningside College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. This small school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 108 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Morningside
Manhattanville College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 90 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Manhattanville College General Special Education Report
Wilson College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #10. Wilson is a small school located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 24 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Caribbean University - Ponce landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. Caribbean University - Ponce is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about General Special Education at Caribbean University - Ponce
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 1,507 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized school located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania that handed out 213 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Eastern Nazarene College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. This small school is located in Quincy, Massachusetts, and it awarded 16 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
Alliant International University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #15. San Diego, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 96 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Alliant International University General Special Education Report
Muskingum University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. This small school is located in New Concord, Ohio, and it awarded 53 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
St. Thomas Aquinas College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. STAC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sparkill, New York. It awarded 31 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 St. Thomas Aquinas College General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #18, Trinity Christian College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Palos Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 27 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Special Education at Trinity Christian College
With a ranking of #19, Notre Dame de Namur University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Located in Belmont, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified ’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Special Education at Notre Dame de Namur University
Fontbonne University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Fontbonne University
The University of West Florida came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. UWF is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 279 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees 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%.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Ohio that handed out 35 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Cabrini University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major list. Cabrini University is located in Radnor, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Cabrini University
University of Wisconsin - Superior landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking. University of Wisconsin - Superior is a small school located in Superior, Wisconsin that handed out 41 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Read more about General Special Education at University of Wisconsin - Superior
University of Northern Colorado did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major ranking, coming in at #25. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 184 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full University of Northern Colorado General Special Education Report
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ’top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Sierra Nevada College | Incline Village, NV |
| 52 | Caribbean University - Carolina | Carolina, PR |
| 53 | Pace University - New York | New York, NY |
| 54 | Bluffton University | Bluffton, OH |
| 55 | LIU Post | Brookville, NY |
| 56 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Millersville, PA |
| 57 | University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 58 | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven, CT |
| 59 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | Cheyney, PA |
| 60 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Kutztown, PA |
| 61 | Caribbean University - Bayamon | Bayamon, PR |
| 62 | University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND |
| 63 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | Kearney, NE |
| 64 | University of Redlands | Redlands, CA |
| 65 | Greenville University | Greenville, IL |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 91 | SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia, NY |
| 92 | Simmons University | Boston, MA |
| 93 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA |
| 94 | University of Puerto Rico - Cayey | Cayey, PR |
| 95 | University of Alaska Southeast | Juneau, AK |
| 96 | Providence College | Providence, RI |
| 97 | University of Maine at Farmington | Farmington, ME |
| 98 | Whitworth University | Spokane, WA |
| 99 | Ohio Dominican University | Columbus, OH |
| 100 | Morehead State University | Morehead, KY |
| 101 | University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire | Eau Claire, WI |
| 102 | Western Oregon University | Monmouth, OR |
| 103 | Centenary University | Hackettstown, NJ |
| 104 | Mount Marty University | Yankton, SD |
| 105 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst, IL |
| 106 | University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg, KY |
| 107 | Fort Hays State University | Hays, KS |
| 108 | Brandman University | Irvine, CA |
| 109 | Lourdes University | Sylvania, OH |
| 110 | St. Andrews University | Laurinburg, NC |
| 111 | Salem College | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 112 | Radford University | Radford, VA |
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