Education Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

A program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to infant and pre-school age children with special learning needs or disabilities, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 158 institutions across the United States, with a total of 10921 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

309

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,173

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

986

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

156

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

892

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

7,374

awards given

Top Schools for Education Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Touro University New York, NY	735
2	University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY	618
3	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	482
4	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	453
5	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	426
6	Fullerton College Fullerton, CA	297
7	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA	290
8	Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA	261
9	Evergreen Valley College San Jose, CA	249
10	Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA	220
11	Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA	210
12	Riverside City College Riverside, CA	210
13	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	189
14	Towson University Towson, MD	171
15	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	168
16	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	165
17	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA	144
18	College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA	144
19	Ashland University Ashland, OH	138
20	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	135
21	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	135
22	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	132
23	MiraCosta College Oceanside, CA	124
24	Lewis University Romeoville, IL	123
25	Palomar College San Marcos, CA	120
26	Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA	117
27	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA	114
28	Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA	114
29	Norco College Norco, CA	114
30	Manhattanville College Purchase, NY	108
31	Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA	107
32	Woodland Community College Woodland, CA	105
33	Daemen University Amherst, NY	105
34	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	105
35	Manhattan College Riverdale, NY	105
36	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	105
37	Ashford University San Diego, CA	102
38	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	102
39	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	99
40	Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA	96
41	Fordham University Bronx, NY	90
42	Butte College Oroville, CA	84
43	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	84
44	Mercyhurst University Erie, PA	81
45	Canada College Redwood City, CA	80
46	Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester, NY	78
47	Citrus College Glendora, CA	78
48	Oxnard College Oxnard, CA	75
49	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	75
50	Harding University Searcy, AR	69
51	San Jose City College San Jose, CA	68
52	Clovis Community College Fresno, CA	67
53	West Valley College Saratoga, CA	66
54	Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA	63
55	Chabot College Hayward, CA	58
56	College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	51
57	Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles, CA	51
58	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT	48
59	Aurora University Aurora, IL	48
60	Upper Iowa University Fayette, IA	45
61	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	45
62	Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA	44
63	Fresno City College Fresno, CA	42
64	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	42
65	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	42
66	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA	40
67	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	39
68	Thiel College Greenville, PA	39
69	Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA	39
70	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	36
71	University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online Manchester, NH	36
72	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ	36
73	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	36
74	Keystone College La Plume, PA	36
75	American College of Education Indianapolis, IN	36
76	Las Positas College Livermore, CA	35
77	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	33
78	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	33
79	Shawnee State University Portsmouth, OH	30
80	Pace University New York, NY	30
81	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	30
82	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	27
83	Rhode Island College Providence, RI	27
84	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	27
85	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA	27
86	Coalinga College Coalinga, CA	24
87	Saint Francis University Loretto, PA	24
88	Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA	21
89	CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY	21
90	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	21
91	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	21
92	George Washington University Washington, DC	21
93	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	21
94	CUNY City College New York, NY	21
95	City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College Chicago, IL	20
96	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	18
97	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME	18
98	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	15
99	Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN	15
100	Yeshiva University New York, NY	15