General Special Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Brigham Young University - Provo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year.

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.

BYU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

BYU General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at BYU 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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BYU General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from BYU, 100% 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$46,320
Special Education Professors	1,170	$46,820
Middle School Special Education Teachers	630	$50,620
Special Education Preschool Teachers	270	$48,260
Special Education Teachers	80	$72,290

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.