2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching in the Southeast Region
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Special Education & Teaching is the 418th most popular major in the country with 1,296 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 301 other special education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 other special education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in other special education & teaching. That schools that top this list have a program in other special education & teaching in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree other special ed students.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Special Education & Teaching in the Southeast Region
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mars Hill University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mars Hill is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mars Hill, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Special Education & Teaching at Mars Hill
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Auburn Other Special Education & Teaching Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carlos Albizu University - Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. Carlos Albizu University - Miami is a small school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 2 bachelors’s other special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Full Carlos Albizu University - Miami Other Special Education & Teaching Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lee University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Cleveland, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other special ed students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at Lee University
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carson - Newman University landed the #5 spot on the list. Jefferson City, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other special ed degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at Carson - Newman University
Brenau University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau University is located in Gainesville, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other special ed degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Special Education & Teaching at Brenau
East Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. East Carolina University is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Special Education & Teaching at East Carolina University
University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other special ed students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Other Special Education & Teaching Report
With a ranking of #9, Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at A-State
Talladega College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region list. Talladega College is a small school located in Talladega, Alabama that handed out 0 bachelors’s other special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Other Special Education & Teaching at Talladega College
Catawba College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Catawba is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Catawba College Other Special Education & Teaching Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s other special ed degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Full UT Knoxville Other Special Education & Teaching Report
Florida Memorial University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Florida Memorial University is located in Miami Gardens, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s other special ed degrees to qualified students.
Full Florida Memorial University Other Special Education & Teaching Report
Barry University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Special Ed Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other special ed students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Special Education & Teaching at Barry University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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