Special Education at Hope College

Every special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the special ed program at Hope College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,061. Of the 831 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 2021, 28 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.

Hope Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

Hope Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the special ed progam at Hope compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The special ed major at Hope 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 Schools	8
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
	78
Most Popular Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Special Education Schools	381

Earnings of Hope Special Ed Graduates

The median salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hope is $39,887. This is 3% higher than $38,748, which is the national average for all special ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 special ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hope. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical special ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,460	$66,820
Special Education Teachers	1,880	$72,670
Special Education Professors	1,830	$63,700
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450
Middle School Special Education Teachers	660	$61,540

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.