Special Education at California Lutheran University

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what California Lutheran University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and approximately 4,027 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

CLU Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

CLU Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at CLU

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

CLU Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in special ed from CLU in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from CLU, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Student Counseling
• Educational Administration

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 CA, the home state for California Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640

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 Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.