2024 Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii

a bachelor's degree in special education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #55 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for special education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in special education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on special education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of special education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt special education students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized special education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for special education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Special Education in Hawaii

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in special education.

Top Hawaii Schools for a Bachelor's in Special Ed

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

13 Annual Graduates

$45,781 Median Starting Salary

$16,500 Median Student Debt

University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in special education. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the special ed program earn an average of $45,781 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in special education from University of Hawaii at Manoa

2

Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI

8 Annual Graduates

Chaminade University of Honolulu is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in special education. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Honolulu.More information about a bachelor’s in special education from Chaminade University of Honolulu

Best Special Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Special Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	39
Washington	226	148
Oregon	185	11
Nevada	129	43
Alaska	75	6

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Special Education Related Rankings by Major

Special Education is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Special Ed Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Special Education	21

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	173
General Education	54
Teaching English or French	52
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks. More about our data sources and methodologies.