2023 Most Popular Special Education Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Finding the Best Special Education Master's Degree School for You
With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
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The Most Popular Special Education Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 58 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for special ed majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Special Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named National University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for special education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Women make up 72% of the special ed majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.
Women make up 84% of the special ed majors at the school.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular special education schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
Women make up 88% of the special ed majors at the school.
The in-demand master’s degree programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular special education schools in the Far Western US Region . Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
Of the 94 students majoring in special ed at Alliant, 29% are male and 71% are female.
Read full report on Special Education at Alliant International University
University of Redlands landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree special education programs. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.
Women make up 84% of the special ed majors at the school.
California State University - Los Angeles landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree special education programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 85% of the special ed majors at the school.
Read full report on Special Education at California State University - Los Angeles
California State University - East Bay came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.
Women make up 80% of the special ed majors at the school.
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San Francisco State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree special education programs. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 60 students majoring in special ed at SFSU, 17% are male and 83% are female.
Full Special Education at San Francisco State University Report
Western Oregon University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.
About 82% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 18% are male.
Best Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 238 |
| Oregon | 234 |
| California | 2,861 |
| Nevada | 215 |
| Hawaii | 49 |
| Alaska | 52 |
Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Special Ed Focus Areas
Majors Similar to Special Ed
| 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 averages are for the top 25 schools 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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