2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Master’s in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, there were 147 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,033 and $24,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$16,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,234 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RIC are $16,884.

Full RIC Special Education Report

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 6 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

Read full report on Special Education at URI

#3

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

$9,750 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k list. Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Providence, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Providence College are $9,750.

Read more about Special Education at Providence College

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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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