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General Special Education at Boston College

If you plan to study General Special Education, take a look at what Boston College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, MA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 23 general special education degrees were granted at Boston College.

Studying Online at Boston College

Distance learning is available at Boston College. Of 15,432 students, 732 (5%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 2,039 (13%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of General Special Education graduates at Boston College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, General Special Education graduates at Boston College are 100% women (23) and 0% men (0).

General Special Education Master’s Program at Boston College

Among the 23 master’s general special education graduates at Boston College, 100% were women (23) and 0% were men (0).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Special Education master’s degree recipients at Boston College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	16
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	2
Asian	4

Minority students account for 30% of General Special Education master’s degree recipients at Boston College, lower than the national average of 32%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for General Special Education Graduates

Students who finish General Special Education program at Boston College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for General Special Education majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Teaching Assistants, Special Education	$96,801
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$86,208
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$80,694
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$79,680
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$77,976
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten	$73,597
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School	$50,045
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$35,173

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.