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Most Popular Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

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2023 Most Popular Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

1 College
$15,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, special education students earned 234 degrees and certificates from an Oregon school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Special Education Associate Degree Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in Oregon to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Special Education Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Chemeketa Community College to be the most popular school for special education students who want to pursue a associate degree in Oregon. Chemeketa Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Salem.

Women make up 93% of the special ed majors at the school.

After completing their Associate Degree, special ed graduates from Chemeketa Community College carry an average student debt load of $19,728.

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Best Special Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Special Education Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 238
California 2,861
Nevada 215
Hawaii 49
Alaska 52

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Special Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Special Education 24,497
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 3,111
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities 1,789
Elementary Special Education 1,625
Other Special Education & Teaching 1,227
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism 1,133
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs 655
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities 540
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented 504
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments 415
Education of the Deaf 363
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 226
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed 222
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs 181
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness 134
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 122
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments 47
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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