The website Top Education Degrees has recognized Morningside College for offering the nation’s most affordable online master’s in special education degree program.

The website Top Education Degrees has recognized Morningside College for offering the nation’s most affordable online master’s in special education degree program.

The website’s list “50 Most Affordable Online Masters in Special Education Degree Programs 2015” ranks Morningside’s program at number one.

“The ranking is another indicator that Morningside offers excellent programs at affordable prices,” said President John Reynders. “This past academic year, our graduate program in education awarded special education degrees to 116 students, equipping them to meet the unique challenges found in special education classrooms.”

To develop the list, editors for the Top Education Degrees site used data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics and identified nearly 200 schools that offer an online graduate program in special education. Editors then ranked the schools based on tuition and fees at each institution.

According to the website, the 50 schools on its most affordable list offer high quality online graduate programs in special education with unique opportunities for distance learners.

Morningside’s Master of Arts in Teaching: Special Education program is a graduate degree program designed for special educators at the elementary and secondary levels. The program integrates research, best practice, reflective thinking and technology. It consists of two parts: the Professional Foundations Core and an Instructional Strategist I or Instructional Strategist II special education endorsement.