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Largest special education programs in the United States
U.S. special education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball State University | Muncie | Public, 4-year | 1,723 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 1,564 |
| 3 | Arizona State University | Scottsdale | Public, 4-year | 1,555 |
| 4 | Western Governors University | Salt Lake City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 898 |
| 5 | Touro University | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 754 |
| 6 | Lamar University | Beaumont | Public, 4-year | 492 |
| 7 | Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 351 |
| 8 | University of West Florida | Pensacola | Public, 4-year | 322 |
| 9 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Public, 4-year | 313 |
| 10 | St. Joseph's University-New York | Brooklyn | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 263 |
| 11 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 263 |
| 12 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock | Public, 4-year | 213 |
| 13 | Niagara University | Niagara University | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 209 |
| 14 | Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green | Public, 4-year | 208 |
| 15 | Towson University | Towson | Public, 4-year | 207 |
| 16 | Arkansas Tech University | Russellville | Public, 4-year | 197 |
| 17 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | Bronx | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 166 |
| 18 | University of West Georgia | Carrollton | Public, 4-year | 159 |
| 19 | University of Northern Colorado | Greeley | Public, 4-year | 158 |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Public, 4-year | 148 |
| 21 | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff | Public, 4-year | 147 |
| 22 | University of Kansas | Lawrence | Public, 4-year | 132 |
| 23 | The College of New Jersey | Ewing | Public, 4-year | 130 |
| 24 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Public, 4-year | 126 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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