The main focus area for this major is Other Special Education & Teaching. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Special Education is a major offered under the education program of study at Spring Arbor University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in special ed, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction - Special Education
Use traditional, innovative and research-based approaches to learn about the instructional and transitional demands of children with special needs in this specialized online MEd from Southern New Hampshire University.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Spring Arbor was ranked #424 on College Factual's Best Schools for special ed list. It is also ranked #12 in Michigan.
Here are some of the other rankings for Spring Arbor.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Spring Arbor was $725 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $29,872 | $29,872 |
Fees | $600 | $600 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,456 | $10,456 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,780 | $1,780 |
Learn more about Spring Arbor tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Special Ed students who received their bachelor’s degree at Spring Arbor took out an average of $29,000 in student loans. That is 17% higher than the national average of $24,724.
The median early career salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Spring Arbor is $37,054 per year. That is 2% higher than the national average of $36,194.
Spring Arbor does not offer an online option for its special ed bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Spring Arbor Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in special ed in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.7% of the special ed bachelor’s degrees at Spring Arbor in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 5 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Special Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Other Special Education & Teaching | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to special education.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 15 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 23 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.