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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for special ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for special education students working on their graduate certificate. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCF are $8,872 a year. Special Ed majors at UCF take out an average of $19,471 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

UCF also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #4.

Full Special Education at University of Central Florida Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

UF graduate students pay an average of $12,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Special Education at University of Florida

#3

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNF are $10,364 a year.

UNF also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Special Education at University of North Florida

#4

Southeastern University

Lakeland, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland, SEU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SEU are $12,350 per year.

Full Special Education at Southeastern University Report

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools 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 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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