Special Education at Ball State University

What traits are you looking for in a special ed school? To help you decide if Ball State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's special ed program.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,369 students received their master's degree in special ed.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed
• Doctorate Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Ball State Special Education Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in special ed, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 1,369 special ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Ball State, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Ball State, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	47
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	182
White	964
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	66

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Teaching English or French
• Educational Assessment
• Curriculum & Instruction

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,210	$53,570
Special Education Professors	1,960	$53,450
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,030	$50,880
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,700
Special Education Preschool Teachers	240	$50,140

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
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.