Special Education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Every special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the special ed program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 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.

SWOSU Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at SWOSU

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? SWOSU offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SWOSU Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

SWOSU Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 10 special ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SWOSU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from SWOSU, 100% 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Assessment
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• 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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,100	$42,630
Special Education Professors	1,220	$45,530
Middle School Special Education Teachers	950	$42,600
Interpreters and Translators	540	$35,240
Special Education Teachers	130	$40,300

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.