2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 24,497 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,815 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying teaching students with disabilities.
Top 1 Best General Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh Carbon Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 6,205 students enrolled at Lehigh Carbon Community College, 129 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 74 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,230. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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