General Special Education at Westfield State University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Westfield State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and approximately 5,395 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from Westfield.

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.

Westfield General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Westfield General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Westfield 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	44
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
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Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Best Value General Special Education Schools	175
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	203
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Most Popular General Special Education Schools	243
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	244
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	247
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	386
Best General Special Education Schools	474

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Westfield. This makes it the #304 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at Westfield awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Westfield since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Westfield General Special Education Master’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at Westfield awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Westfield, 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 Westfield 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	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Westfield 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

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.