2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

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 a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

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 a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#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 be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 masters’s special ed degrees to qualified students.

RIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rhode Island College are $16,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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 Getting Aid. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 6 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Rhode Island Special Education Report

#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 Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 4 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Providence College are $9,750, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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