2025 Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region
72Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,426Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
General Special Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #36 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 72 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,426 degrees in general special education annually.
The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
General Special Education Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Special Education in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the teaching students with disabilities degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
14 Top Southeast Region Schools in Teaching Students with Disabilities
350Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
George Mason University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general special education. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were about 350 general special education students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
101Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
University of Florida is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general special education. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 101 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
65Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general special education. UGA is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in general special education has to take a look at East Carolina University. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 13 general special education students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
59Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public university located in the city of Charlotte. This university ranks 10th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 59 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.
389Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 11th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 389 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
70Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the midsize city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
47Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
UARK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
61Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 61 general special education students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
53Teaching Students with Disabilities Degrees Awarded
Georgia State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Atlanta. This university ranks 17th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 53 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were about 29 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Searcy. This university ranks 3rd out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 15 general special education students who graduated with this degree at Harding in the most recent year we have data available.
High Point is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of High Point. This university ranks 20th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 18 general special education students who graduated with this degree at High Point in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Special Education Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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).
The teaching students with disabilities program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Special Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Special Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
