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Special Education at Eastern Washington University

Special Education at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year.

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.

EWU Special Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

EWU Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at EWU 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.

Special Ed Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Special Education Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical special ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at EWU 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in special ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education 24

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 4,570 $65,400
Special Education Professors 2,120 $66,400
Middle School Special Education Teachers 1,210 $64,220
Interpreters and Translators 880 $48,560
Special Education Preschool Teachers 660 $63,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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