Education of the Deaf at Utah Valley University

Every education of the deaf school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the deaf education program at Utah Valley University stacks up to those at other schools.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 deaf education majors received their bachelor's degree from UVU.

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

UVU Education of the Deaf Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Deaf Education

UVU Education of the Deaf Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the deaf education progam at UVU 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 deaf education major at UVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education of the Deaf. 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 Teaching for the Deaf Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Teaching for the Deaf Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
	8
Most Popular Teaching for the Deaf Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Teaching for the Deaf Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Teaching for the Deaf Schools	16
Most Focused Teaching for the Deaf Schools	31

Deaf Education Student Demographics at UVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the deaf education majors at Utah Valley University.

UVU Education of the Deaf Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Education of the Deaf from UVU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in deaf education at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in deaf education.

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

UVU also has a doctoral program available in deaf education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities

Careers That Deaf Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in deaf education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Interpreters and Translators	1,560	$43,830
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$46,320
Special Education Professors	1,170	$46,820
Middle School Special Education Teachers	630	$50,620
Special Education Preschool Teachers	270	$48,260

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.