Special Education at Boston University

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what Boston University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,788 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 2021, 9 of them were special education majors.

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

Boston U Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Boston U Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks special ed programs across the country. The following shows how Boston U 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 special ed major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	440

In 2021, 35 students received their master’s degree in special ed from Boston U. This makes it the #137 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in special ed, making the school the #57 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Special Ed Graduates from Boston U Make?

The median salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston U is $46,446. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $38,748 for all special ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Boston University.

Boston U Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its special ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Boston U Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 special ed majors earned their master's degree from Boston U. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Boston U, 74% 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 Boston University with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Boston U also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Other Education
• Educational Assessment
• General Education
• Student Counseling

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed 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 Boston 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
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.