General Special Education at Providence College

If you plan to study general 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Providence.

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.

Providence General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Providence General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Providence 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 Providence 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 Master’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
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	61
	77
Best General Special Education Schools	78
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	110
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	122
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	132
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	283
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	407
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	408

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Providence. This makes it the #408 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Providence

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

Providence General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities 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 teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Providence General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from Providence in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities 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 teaching students with disabilities.

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

Providence 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 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
Special Education Preschool Teachers	90	$70,590

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.