General Special Education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from SWOSU.

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.

SWOSU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SWOSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SWOSU does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SWOSU General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at SWOSU 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	83
	122
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	202
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	212
	233
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261
Best Value General Special Education Schools	264
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	269
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281
	298
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	310
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	342
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	346
Best General Special Education Schools	461

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from SWOSU. This makes it the #270 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

SWOSU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from SWOSU. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at SWOSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Southwestern Oklahoma 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	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SWOSU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 10 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SWOSU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SWOSU, 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 Southwestern Oklahoma 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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SWOSU 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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,100	$42,630
Special Education Professors	1,220	$45,530
Middle School Special Education Teachers	950	$42,600
Special Education Teachers	130	$40,300
Special Education Preschool Teachers	90	$41,390

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.