Special Education at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 98 special ed majors received their bachelor's degree from NAU.

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.

NAU Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NAU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

NAU does offer online education options in special ed for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

NAU Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The special ed major at NAU 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
Most Popular Special Education Schools	24
	59
Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	78

In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in special ed from NAU. This makes it the #80 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NAU Special Ed Graduates

The median salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $39,492. This is 2% higher than $38,748, which is the national average for all special ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Special Ed Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Special Education Bachelor’s Program

The special ed program at NAU awarded 98 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at NAU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	60
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

NAU Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 special ed majors earned their master's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in special ed each year. NAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• International Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teaching English or French
• Multilingual 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Interpreters and Translators	2,940	$46,100
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,850	$44,590
Special Education Professors	2,390	$50,190
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,560	$44,490
Special Education Teachers	340	$48,850

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.