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.

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

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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Gonzaga are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Gonzaga General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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