Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Special Education at Hood College

Special Education at Hood College

What traits are you looking for in a special ed school? To help you decide if Hood College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's special ed program.

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and approximately 2,042 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.

Hood Special Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

Hood Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at Hood 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 Hood

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

Hood Special Education Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% 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 Hood since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

undefined

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at Hood 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 Hood College with a bachelor's in special ed.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Hood College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Special Education & Teaching 13

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 MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 3,970 $64,590
Middle School Special Education Teachers 3,280 $72,880
Special Education Professors 2,150 $71,340
Interpreters and Translators 1,120 $70,530
Special Education Preschool Teachers 360 $61,210

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.