2025 Best General Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

General Special Education is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #68 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general special education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 88 bachelor's degrees in general special education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general special education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general special education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general special education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general special education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Special Education in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general special education.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Teaching Students with Disabilities

1

The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general special education has to take a look at The College of New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general special education from The College of New Jersey

2

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Seton Hall University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general special education. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of South Orange.More information about a bachelor’s in general special education from Seton Hall University

Best General Special Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	340
Pennsylvania	698	550
Maryland	370	30
District of Columbia	226	0
Delaware	224	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Teaching Students with Disabilities

General Special Education is one of 17 different types of Special Education programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	55
Other Special Education & Teaching	7
Education of the Deaf	5
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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