Most Popular Schools for General Special Education and Teaching Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Grand Canyon University	1,215	6%	$32,100
2	Western Governors University	753	3%	$6,870
3	Liberty University	391	2%	$40,075
4	National University	309	6%	$15,024
5	George Mason University	283	3%	$30,284
6	Ball State University	253	4%	$24,550
7	Long Island University	237	6%	$56,283
8	St. Joseph's College-Long Island	223	20%	$28,840
9	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	216	10%	$25,147
10	University of Northern Colorado	172	6%	$25,494
11	Northern Arizona University	170	2%	$27,266
12	Illinois State University	158	3%	$29,758
13	The University of West Florida	155	4%	$19,014
14	Texas Tech University	154	2%	$24,472
15	Ashford University	149	2%	$13,230
16	University of Kansas	144	2%	$26,566
17	University of North Dakota	139	4%	$22,091
18	Bridgewater State University	138	5%	$26,811
19	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	135	3%	$24,035
20	Lamar University	119	2%	$22,641
21	The College of New Jersey	116	6%	$34,992
22	University of Arizona	112	1%	$29,217
23	University of Saint Joseph	109	13%	$51,901
24	Southern Connecticut State University	108	5%	$26,810
25	University of the Cumberlands	104	4%	$38,400
26	University of West Alabama	104	9%	$21,841
27	Touro College	103	3%	$37,436
28	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	102	2%	$20,471
29	University of Hawaii at Manoa	101	2%	$29,858
30	Saint Joseph's University	100	4%	$61,994
31	University of North Georgia	99	3%	$20,492
32	Lesley University	98	7%	$49,255
33	Manhattanville College	96	14%	$55,690
34	Kean University	94	3%	$30,475
35	Alliant International University-San Diego	93	10%	$16,520
36	Fitchburg State University	92	7%	$24,576
37	Kent State University at Kent	88	1%	$25,886
38	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	87	4%	$25,052
39	The University of Alabama	87	1%	$29,872
40	Daemen College	87	10%	$43,995
41	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	86	5%	$30,538
42	Northern Illinois University	84	2%	$29,117
43	Dominican University	84	8%	$46,175
44	Simmons University	82	4%	$59,880
45	Minnesota State University-Mankato	81	2%	$20,482
46	National Louis University	81	5%	$31,050
47	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	80	1%	$27,898
48	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	80	2%	$15,828
49	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	79	4%	$27,890
50	Western Washington University	78	2%	$24,077
51	Brandman University	75	3%	$14,300
52	Vanderbilt University	74	2%	$70,146
53	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	74	3%	$20,349
54	Arizona State University-Tempe	73	1%	$28,048
55	Florida International University	72	1%	$23,506
56	Fort Hays State University	71	2%	$18,048
57	West Virginia University	71	1%	$23,294
58	Valdosta State University	70	3%	$21,320
59	University of Georgia	70	1%	$26,688
60	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	70	2%	$24,915
61	Indiana University-Bloomington	69	1%	$24,779
62	University of West Georgia	69	3%	$24,396
63	San Francisco State University	66	1%	$27,480
64	Pace University	66	2%	$66,499
65	Columbus State University	66	4%	$21,746
66	Towson University	65	1%	$26,834
67	Portland State University	64	1%	$26,085
68	Miami University-Oxford	64	1%	$33,229
69	University of Connecticut	63	1%	$32,404
70	University of Phoenix-Arizona	63	0%	$10,912
71	Saint Cloud State University	63	2%	$20,991
72	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	63	1%	$27,074
73	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	62	3%	$47,290
74	University of Central Florida	61	0%	$22,548
75	University of Florida	60	0%	$21,211
76	The University of Texas at San Antonio	60	1%	$23,715
77	Providence College	60	5%	$67,300
78	Western Oregon University	59	4%	$24,315
79	Emporia State University	59	4%	$20,088
80	University of Illinois at Chicago	58	1%	$30,866
81	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	56	2%	$19,493
82	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	56	2%	$19,062
83	University of Massachusetts-Boston	56	2%	$36,647
84	Georgetown College	55	13%	$51,930
85	Miami Dade College	55	0%	$4,338
86	University of Missouri-Columbia	54	1%	$26,766
87	Broward College	53	0%	$5,834
88	Salem State University	53	2%	$27,384
89	Morehead State University	53	3%	$22,812
90	Montclair State University	52	1%	$31,704
91	Murray State University	52	2%	$23,472
92	University of Alaska Southeast	52	8%	$20,140
93	Eastern Kentucky University	51	1%	$23,706
94	Bank Street College of Education	51	16%	N/A
95	Wilmington University	51	1%	$13,010
96	Georgia College & State University	50	3%	$28,536
97	The University of Texas at Austin	50	0%	$26,506
98	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	49	2%	$7,520
99	Missouri State University-Springfield	49	1%	$21,782
100	University of North Texas	49	1%	$24,712

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Special Education and Teaching, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.