General Special Education at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from Boston U.

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.

Boston U General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Boston U General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at Boston U 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 Boston U 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
	25
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
	140
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	543
Best Value General Special Education Schools	556

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Boston U. This makes it the #142 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from Boston U in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Boston U General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from Boston U in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Boston U, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Boston U 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

• Education of the Deaf

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 MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.