2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 North Dakota, there were 220 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $26,621 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 183 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,960 and $29,702 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in special education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great special education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the special education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $75-$110k) in North Dakota

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,104 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 156 students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Special Education at University of North Dakota

#2

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minot State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Minot, North Dakota, and it awarded 12 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minot State University are $9,936.

Read more about Special Education at MSU

#3

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$17,861 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota, and it awarded 15 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMary, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mary are $17,861, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Special Education at University of Mary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $75-$110k)

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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