by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 23,838 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,426 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,422 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 135 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Georgia State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. South Georgia State College is a small school located in Douglas, Georgia that handed out 25 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at South Georgia State College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morehead State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Morehead State University is located in Morehead, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Morehead State University
Out of the 135 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Andrews University landed the #3 spot on the list. St. Andrews is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at St. Andrews
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Athens State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region. Athens State University is a small school located in Athens, Alabama that handed out 25 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Athens State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Erskine College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region. Erskine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Due West, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Anderson University South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Anderson University South Carolina is a small school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 7 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Anderson University South Carolina
Bellarmine University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Bellarmine University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 18 bachelors’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%.
Asbury University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Asbury University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmore, Kentucky. It awarded 4 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Gwinnett College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Special Education at Georgia Gwinnett College
Lander University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Greenwood, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Lander University
With a ranking of #11, University of South Carolina - Aiken did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Aiken, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of West Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. The University of West Florida is located in Pensacola, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
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%.
University of Memphis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 60 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at University of Memphis
Murray State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities 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%.
Read more about General Special Education at Murray State University
Columbia College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Columbia College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’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%.
Read more about General Special Education at Columbia College
With a ranking of #16, Brescia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Brescia University is a small school located in Owensboro, Kentucky that handed out 3 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Brescia University
Fisk University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Thomas More University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Crestview Hills, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #19, High Point University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. High Point is a private not-for-profit institution located in High Point, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s 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%.
Read full report on General Special Education at High Point University
With a ranking of #20, Concord University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Concord University is a small school located in Athens, West Virginia that handed out 8 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Concord University
Jacksonville State University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Jacksonville State University General Special Education Report
College of Charleston landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. C of C is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s 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%.
Tusculum University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. Located in Greeneville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at Tusculum University
Carson - Newman University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Special Education at Carson - Newman
With a ranking of #25, Alabama State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in the Southeast Region list. Alabama State is a small public school situated in Montgomery, Alabama. It awarded 1 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at Alabama State University
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