2025 Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island
4Colleges in Rhode Island
127Special Ed Degrees Awarded
$52,862Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #29 in popularity, special education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 degrees in special education annually.
Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for special education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Special Education Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Special Education in Rhode Island
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the special ed degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Providence College if you wish to pursue a degree in special education. Located in the city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were approximately 35 special education students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the special ed program earn an average of $49,664 for their early career.
Rhode Island College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in special education. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 6th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 45 special education students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the special education degree program at Rhode Island College make $5,124 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Salve Regina University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in special education. Located in the large suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #440 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Salve Regina is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 special education students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the special ed program report average early career earnings of $51,308.
Roger Williams University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in special education. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 18 special education students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for special education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
