General Special Education at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295. Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University in 2021, 18 of them were general special education majors.

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.

Gonzaga General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Gonzaga General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Gonzaga performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Gonzaga 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 General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best General Special Education Schools	2
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	3
	7
	9
	17
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best Value General Special Education Schools	233
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	254
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	322
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	370
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	386

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Gonzaga. This makes it the #371 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from Gonzaga in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Gonzaga are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Gonzaga General Special Education Master’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at Gonzaga awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Gonzaga, 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 Gonzaga 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	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Gonzaga 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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	4,570	$65,400
Special Education Professors	2,120	$66,400
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,210	$64,220
Special Education Preschool Teachers	660	$63,400
Special Education Teachers	120	$59,520

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.