by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland” ranking.
General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 23,838 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Maryland, there were 119 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,978 and $45,714 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland list. This medium-sized school is located in Bowie, Maryland, and it awarded 6 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Special Education at Bowie State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland. McDaniel College is located in Westminster, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Towson, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland. Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 18 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maryland - College Park General Special Education Report
With a ranking of #6, Loyola University Maryland did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland list. Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Coppin State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland ranking. Coppin is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
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.
With a ranking of #6, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teaching Students with Disabilities Major in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Johns Hopkins University General Special Education Report
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