Special Education at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and has a total student population of 18,025. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in special ed from UH Manoa.

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.

UH Manoa Special Education Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Special Ed (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at UH Manoa

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UH Manoa Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at UH Manoa 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.

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in special ed from UH Manoa. This makes it the #186 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UH Manoa Special Ed Graduates

The median salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Manoa is $45,781. This is 18% higher than $38,748, which is the national average for all special ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 special ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from UH Manoa. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical special ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UH Manoa Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Education Philosophy
• Instructional Media Design
• General Education
• Teaching English or French
• Educational Administration

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,770	$54,000
Special Education Professors	180	$56,680
Interpreters and Translators	90	$45,580
Special Education Teachers	60	$37,160

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.