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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$6,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 358 degrees and certificates were awarded to special education students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Missouri 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

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

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

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Missouri. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Missouri State University is a great value for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

Southeast Missouri State University graduate students pay an average of $6,611 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is a large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMSL are $12,528 a year.

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Webster University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Missouri. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 679
Iowa 151
Kansas 441
Nebraska 155
North Dakota 161
South Dakota 11

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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