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2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,539 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Special Education is the #16 most popular major in Florida with 689 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida

Check out the special ed doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Florida. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

Full Special Education at University of Florida Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great value for special education students working on their doctor’s degree. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FIU are $11,106 a year.

Full Special Education at Florida International University Report

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Georgia 398
North Carolina 194
Tennessee 146
Kentucky 428
Louisiana 82
Alabama 248
South Carolina 118
Mississippi 216
Arkansas 304
West Virginia 41

Special Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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