Special Education at Missouri Western State University

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

Missouri Western is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri and has a total student population of 4,911.

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.

Missouri Western Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

Missouri Western Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western

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

Missouri Western Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 Missouri Western since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western State University with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
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 Missouri Western State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	6

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Educational Assessment
• 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 MO, the home state for Missouri Western State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Special Education Professors	2,890	$48,840
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,680	$54,190
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$51,340
Interpreters and Translators	980	$62,610
Special Education Preschool Teachers	350	$37,510

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.