2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 317 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,500 and $34,061 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$4,853 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chemeketa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Oregon, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s special ed students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon associate degree special ed students whose families make $0-$30k list, Chemeketa Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $4,853 for Oregon Associate Degree Special Ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chemeketa Community College.

Read full report on Special Education at Chemeketa Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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