The main focus area for this major is General Special Education. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Special Education is a major offered under the education program of study at University of Hawaii at Manoa. 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.
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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 UH Manoa was ranked #122 on College Factual's Best Schools for special ed list. It is also ranked #1 in Hawaii.
Here are some of the other rankings for UH Manoa.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UH Manoa paid an average of $1,389 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $471 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,304 | $33,336 |
Fees | $882 | $882 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,583 | $13,583 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,742 | $2,742 |
Learn more about UH Manoa tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UH Manoa in Special Ed walked away with an average of $19,500 in student debt. That is 21% lower than the national average of $24,724.
special ed who receive their bachelor’s degree from UH Manoa make an average of $46,193 a year during the early days of their career. That is 28% higher than the national average of $36,194.
Online degrees for the UH Manoa special ed bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UH Manoa 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 88.5% of the special ed bachelor’s degrees at UH Manoa in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
Special Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Special Education | 26 |
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 | 123 |
Teaching English or French | 25 |
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*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.