2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,767 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,161 and $29,629 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. 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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Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree special ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$5,243 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 associates’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $5,243 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Special Ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College.

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#2

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$13,169 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Edinboro also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $13,169 for pennsylvania associate degree special ed students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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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).
• 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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