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2023 Best Value Special Education Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$15,996 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,872 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

Special Education is the #16 most popular major in Utah with 491 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Utah to see which 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. 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 Schools in Utah

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

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Special Education

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a degree in Utah. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BYU are $6,120 a year.

BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Special Education Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Special Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for special education students. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Special Education Schools in Utah list.

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#3

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT
$7,452 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Schools in Utah list. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WGU are $7,452 per year.

WGU also took the #2 spot in our Best Special Education Schools in Utah rankings.

Full Special Education at Western Governors University Report

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $8,893 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U of U also took the #4 spot in our Best Special Education Schools in Utah rankings.

Full Special Education at University of Utah Report

#5

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$38,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $38,680 per year.

Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Special Education Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Special Education at Westminster College Utah

Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 255
Idaho 30
Montana 13
Wyoming 0

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 5 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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