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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Dakota. With 161 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 North Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Dakota 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

Our 2023 rankings named Minot State University the best value school in North Dakota for special education students working on their graduate certificate. MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MSU are $10,263 a year.

MSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Dakota is a great value for special education students working on their graduate certificate. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $13,217 per year.

UND also took the #3 spot in our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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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
Missouri 358
Minnesota 679
Iowa 151
Kansas 441
Nebraska 155
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 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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