Other Special Ed

Types of Degrees Other Special Ed Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many other special education & teaching graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Master’s Degree	582
Bachelor’s Degree	358
Graduate Certificate	220
Basic Certificate	47
Undergraduate Certificate	31
Doctor’s Degree	6
Associate Degree	2

What Other Special Ed Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, other special ed majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Other Special Ed Majors

Other Special Ed majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Sociology and Anthropology - Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Skills for Other Special Ed Majors

A major in other special ed prepares you for careers in which the following skill-sets are crucial:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Abilities for Other Special Ed Majors

A major in other special ed will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

What Can You Do With a Other Special Ed Major?

People with a other special ed degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	9.9%	$56,680

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Other Special Ed?

This major is dominated by women with about 86% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of other special ed majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	302
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in Other Special Ed. About 0.3% of those with this major are international students.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Other Special Ed

Some degrees associated with other special ed may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to other special ed have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Bachelor’s Degree	47.2%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.	22.0%
Master’s Degree	28.3%
First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.	3.1%

Online Other Special Ed Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	2	1
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	3	1
Bachelor’s Degree	40	16
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	59	12
Post-Master’s	8	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	4	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	1	1

Majors Related to Other Special Ed

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to other special ed.

Major	Number of Grads
General Special Education	22,757
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	3,547
Elementary Special Education	1,748
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	1,354
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	1,132
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	738
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	546
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	481
Education of the Deaf	350
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments	245
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	193
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances	139
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed	114
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities	80
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs	79
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries	57
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments	37

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
• Image Credit: By woodleywonderworks under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.