General Special Education at Grand Valley State University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Grand Valley State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 56 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from GVSU.

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.

GVSU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

GVSU General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at GVSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 GVSU 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 Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	150
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	157
Best Value General Special Education Schools	205
	217
	251
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	275
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	329
	368

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from GVSU. This makes it the #174 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from GVSU. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State 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	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GVSU General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from GVSU. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. GVSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from GVSU, 95% 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 Grand Valley State 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	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GVSU 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,460	$66,820
Special Education Teachers	1,880	$72,670
Special Education Professors	1,830	$63,700
Middle School Special Education Teachers	660	$61,540
Special Education Preschool Teachers	410	$64,300

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.