Special Education at Providence College

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

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 4,821 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Providence Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Providence Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at Providence is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Providence

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Providence College.

Providence Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at Providence 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 Providence College with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Providence Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Providence, 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 Providence College with a master's in special ed.

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

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Providence College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	43

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Student Counseling
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Providence College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Special Education Teachers	690	$81,180
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	430	$70,720
Special Education Professors	310	$74,600
Middle School Special Education Teachers	240	$70,990
Interpreters and Translators	110	$50,380

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.