Special Education at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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 University of Hawaii at Manoa stacks up to those at other schools.

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

UH Manoa Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at UH Manoa

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

UH Manoa Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 25 special ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Manoa, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• General Education
• Education Philosophy
• Teaching English or French
• Instructional Media Design
• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,770	$54,000
Special Education Professors	180	$56,680
Interpreters and Translators	90	$45,580
Special Education Teachers	60	$37,160

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.