2023 Best General Special Education Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
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Ranked Colleges
155
Degrees Awarded
$38,700
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities” ranking.
General Special Education is the 36th most popular major in the country with 24,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Delaware, there were 155 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general special education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank General Special Education Schools
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 Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities”.
Top 2 Best General Special Education Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified ’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2020-2021.
UD also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 364 of the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware were GI Bill® students, of which 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at University of Delaware]](/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Teaching Students with Disabilities list. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 119 ’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wilmington University, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 14,769 students enrolled at Wilmington University, 37 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,088. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wilmington University]](/colleges/wilmington-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
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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