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2023 Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$22,502 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,761 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Special Education

#1

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

Our analysis found McDaniel College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maryland. Located in the suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit college 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 #5 on our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Special Education at McDaniel College

#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Towson University is a great value for special education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Towson are $11,034 a year.

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#3

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

The excellent master’s degree programs at Mount St Mary’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Maryland. Located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The Mount graduate students pay an average of $13,676 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 Maryland - College Park. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMCP are $16,995 a year.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame of Maryland University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NDMU are $13,711 a year.

Full Special Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University Report

#6

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

Full Special Education at Johns Hopkins University Report

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 6 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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