Administration of Special Education

A program that prepares individuals to plan, supervise, and manage programs for exceptional students and their parents. Includes instruction in special education theory and practice, special education program development, evaluation and assessment in special education, state and federal law and regulations, managing individual education plans, problems of low- and high- disability students, mainstreaming, special education curricula, staff management, parent education, communications and community relations, budgeting, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 24 institutions across the United States, with a total of 555 degrees awarded annually.

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

21

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

69

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

95

degrees awarded

Other Awards

370

awards given

Top Schools for Administration of Special Education

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
204
2 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN
48
3 Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
39
4 Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA
36
5 Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
30
6 Viterbo University
La Crosse, WI
30
7 The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, MN
27
8 Illinois State University
Normal, IL
27
9 University of Maine
Orono, ME
21
10 Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN
18
11 Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
18
12 Columbus State University
Columbus, GA
12
13 Southwest Minnesota State University
Marshall, MN
6
14 Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
6
15 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
6
16 Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA
3
17 Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
3
18 Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
3
19 University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, ME
3
20 Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
3
21 New England College
Henniker, NH
3
22 McDaniel College
Westminster, MD
3
23 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
3
24 Houston Christian University
Houston, TX
3