General Special Education at Black Hills State University

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what Black Hills State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,608. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from BHSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

BHSU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at BHSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? BHSU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

BHSU General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at BHSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at BHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
	97
Best Value General Special Education Schools	101
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
	171
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	199
	201
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	210
Best General Special Education Schools	296
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	303
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	321
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	391
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	407

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from BHSU. This makes it the #408 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at BHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Black Hills State University.

BHSU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from BHSU. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at BHSU since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at BHSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Black Hills State University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BHSU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from BHSU in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. BHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 86% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Black Hills State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BHSU also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for Black Hills State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	690	$43,760
Special Education Professors	470	$43,040
Middle School Special Education Teachers	290	$44,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	50	$39,910

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Virginia State Parks staff under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.