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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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 Montana, there were 25 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

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 Montana For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in Montana

#1

Montana State University - Billings

Billings, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$20,243 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #1 spot on the list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Montana State University - Billings also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University - Billings are $20,243.

Full Montana State University - Billings Special Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s 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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