by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 35,973 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , special education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,680 and had an average of $27,516 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,776 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,190 and $27,074 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Fulton, Mississippi, and it awarded 2 associates’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. FSCJ is a large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 3 associates’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Special Education at Florida State College at Jacksonville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Miami Dade College is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 8 associates’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. SPC is a large school located in St. Petersburg, Florida that handed out 9 associates’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Special Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coahoma Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 associates’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Wesson, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s special ed students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Special Education at Copiah-Lincoln Community College
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