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2023 Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$39,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Special Ed for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Special Ed for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 2,181 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,433 and $27,169 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great special education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Special Ed for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying special ed.

Top 1 Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Special Ed for a Doctorate list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s special ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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