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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #31 most popular major in Maryland.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Check out the special ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

#1

Towson University

Towson, MD

Our analysis found Towson University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Towson graduate students pay an average of $11,034 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Special Education at Towson University Report

#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

McDaniel graduate students pay an average of $9,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

McDaniel did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Special Education at McDaniel College

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Notre Dame of Maryland University is a great value for special education students working on their graduate certificate. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

NDMU graduate students pay an average of $13,711 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Special Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University Report

#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,568
Pennsylvania 1,024
New Jersey 660
District of Columbia 101
Delaware 155

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Special Ed

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 4 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.

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