2023 Most Popular Special Education Schools
Finding the Best Special Education School for You
In 2020-2021, 25,158 special education students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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The Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 686 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Special Education Schools in the United States
Check out the special ed programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Special Education
Our analysis found Ball State University to be the most popular school for special education students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Special Education Schools list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Special Education Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Special Education Schools list. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
The excellent programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in the United States. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.
National University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Special Education Schools list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Western Governors University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular special education programs. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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George Mason University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Liberty University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Hunter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for special education students. It came in at #10 on the list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.
Brooklyn College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #12, The University of West Florida did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. UWF is a large public school located in the small city of Pensacola.
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With a ranking of #13, Endicott College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Beverly.
With a ranking of #14, Pace University - New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #16, Daemen College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. Located in the suburb of Amherst, Daemen College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #17, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
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LIU Post came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville.
University of Northern Colorado came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.
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With a ranking of #20, American International College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. AIC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Springfield.
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University of Kansas ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Special Education Schools list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
The City College of New York ranked #22 on this year’s Most Popular Special Education Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a large student population.
Read full report on Special Education at The City College of New York
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Schools ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
Read full report on Special Education at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
With a ranking of #24, American College of Education did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. American College of Education is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
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With a ranking of #25, Saint Joseph’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Special Education Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list shows the remainder of the schools awarded a Most Popular Special Education Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 686 different United States special education schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Special Education students that almost earned our Most Popular Special Education Schools award.
Special Education by Region
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 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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