Special Education and Teaching

11,195 students earn a special education and teaching credential each year across 573 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $44,185
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $49,848

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 478 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Pace UniversityNew York, New York2$62,3461 year out$65,151$24,000 2Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah86$61,4741 year out$54,315$18,125 3University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii22$60,3961 year out$61,945$16,500 4Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida7$56,0091 year out$56,998—5Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York29$55,8811 year out—$27,000 6Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida31$53,9351 year out—$9,671 7Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland162$53,3311 year out$57,712$19,750 8Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada16$53,1591 year out—$22,334 9Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington102$52,9121 year out$66,702$29,284 10York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania11$52,1991 year out—$27,000 11University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois24$51,9221 year out$67,699$18,925 12Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania52$51,6641 year out$49,226$29,737 13Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania21$51,4151 year out$48,939$27,000 14Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island11$51,3081 year out$58,989$27,000 15Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana25$51,3061 year out$59,829$19,500 16University of South FloridaTampa, Florida5$50,9751 year out$52,875—17Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania25$50,6981 year out—$27,000 18Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah26$50,6471 year out——19Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania66$50,6451 year out$57,501$27,000 20Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut36$50,6411 year out$55,954$27,000 21Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah32$50,3311 year out$32,469—22East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania34$50,3271 year out$58,152$27,000 23University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin32$50,1741 year out$55,063$22,863 24Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania73$50,1591 year out$53,708$27,000 25Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts46$50,0611 year out$57,064$27,000 26Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island8$50,0601 year out$56,951$29,851 27Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona93$49,8821 year out$53,261$19,375 28Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania48$49,8351 year out—$28,500 29University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada55$49,8271 year out$56,356$11,000 30University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota24$49,7711 year out—$18,387 31Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island40$49,6641 year out$60,307$27,000 32Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan55$49,4941 year out—$30,350 33CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York17$49,4131 year out—$5,500 34Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida46$49,2621 year out$53,145—35Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota6$49,1341 year out$49,089$26,812 36Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, Illinois13$48,8401 year out$58,755$35,611 37Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana17$48,7731 year out—$26,276 38Alvernia UniversityReading, Pennsylvania8$48,6491 year out$45,987—39Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan25$48,6301 year out$50,640—40Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey8$48,6281 year out$58,792$27,000 41Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin11$48,5931 year out$47,182$25,954 42University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin12$48,3781 year out—$26,375 43Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois151$48,3581 year out$56,275$20,436 44La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania13$48,3021 year out—$27,000 45University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida35$48,1471 year out——46University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut16$48,0491 year out—$27,000 47Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan19$47,8681 year out$49,952$31,000 48Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas0$47,8201 year out$59,201$18,229 49University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida26$47,7341 year out$52,358$13,509 50Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona103$47,6101 year out$50,073$23,000 51University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin37$47,5921 year out$51,281$27,000 52Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana39$47,4991 year out$50,351$23,250 53Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin8$47,2951 year out——54Concordia University Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan0$47,2951 year out——55Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota29$47,1321 year out$51,346$27,000 56University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska40$47,0171 year out$51,536$27,000 57Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida8$46,8661 year out$55,014$22,931 58Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois3$46,7291 year out$48,274$25,986 59Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota27$46,6971 year out$52,938$27,000 60Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota10$46,6621 year out$47,220$28,250 61Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin—$46,6611 year out——62University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida38$46,6431 year out$47,301$29,750 63Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania27$46,6361 year out$49,564$27,000 64Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois48$46,5781 year out$57,132$21,452 65Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan22$46,5221 year out$50,739$31,000 66University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin84$46,5081 year out$49,346$27,000 67University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota14$46,4391 year out$47,089$27,000 68Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah667$46,2711 year out$52,641$25,158 69Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma9$46,0451 year out$49,771—70Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois46$45,8311 year out—$25,000 71The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama37$45,6311 year out$50,092$26,000 72University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois4$45,3231 year out—$23,500 73University of DaytonDayton, Ohio19$45,2601 year out$50,844$20,612 74Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio21$45,2131 year out$49,462$26,899 75University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin32$45,1961 year out—$30,000 76Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia15$45,1671 year out$52,928$26,000 77University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin41$44,9451 year out$46,734$27,000 78University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee70$44,6641 year out$44,607$23,397 79Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota21$44,5101 year out—$30,542 80Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois26$44,4291 year out$46,500$22,875 81Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee10$44,4041 year out—$19,398 82University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas11$44,3181 year out—$19,250 83Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa18$44,3041 year out—$35,455 84Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois20$44,2051 year out$43,701$19,850 85East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina48$44,1851 year out$46,759$26,416 86Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan11$44,1571 year out$51,383$43,500 87Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania40$44,1211 year out$52,862$27,000 88University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana12$44,1041 year out$46,345$27,000 89Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee10$44,0521 year out$45,543$18,493 90University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado30$44,0091 year out$49,362$26,564 91Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois24$43,9551 year out$51,770$26,046 92University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin37$43,8441 year out$46,793$23,607 93Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan32$43,7771 year out$51,197$31,000 94University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas18$43,7181 year out—$20,500 95Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama20$43,6681 year out—$29,215 96Thiel CollegeGreenville, Pennsylvania13$43,6261 year out——97Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania106$43,4801 year out$49,371$27,000 98Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina20$43,2831 year out$49,424$25,000 99Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona600$43,2581 year out$46,426$47,180 100Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho16$43,2521 year out——

Associate programs — 64 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon35$32,8291 year out$40,592$24,087 2Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California99—1 year out——3Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, California83—1 year out——4Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California72—1 year out——5Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California69—1 year out——6Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California66—1 year out——7Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California56—1 year out——8College of the SequoiasVisalia, California48—1 year out——9East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California46—1 year out——10Golden West CollegeHuntington Beach, California39—1 year out——11Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California38—1 year out——12Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California38—1 year out——13Norco CollegeNorco, California37—1 year out——14Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California35—1 year out——15Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California35—1 year out——16Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California35—1 year out——17Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California33—1 year out——18MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California32—1 year out——19College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada29—1 year out$41,808$9,250 20Butte CollegeOroville, California28—1 year out——21Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California25—1 year out——22Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California25—1 year out——23Citrus CollegeGlendora, California24—1 year out——24City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California22—1 year out——25West Valley CollegeSaratoga, California22—1 year out——26Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California21—1 year out——27Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California18—1 year out——28College of the DesertPalm Desert, California17—1 year out——29Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California17—1 year out——30San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California16—1 year out——31Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan14—1 year out——32Canada CollegeRedwood City, California12—1 year out——33Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida11—1 year out——34Chabot CollegeHayward, California10—1 year out——35Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, Minnesota10—1 year out——36Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California9—1 year out——37Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island9—1 year out——38Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California8—1 year out——39Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida8—1 year out——40Fresno City CollegeFresno, California7—1 year out——41Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California7—1 year out——42Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——43Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, Minnesota5—1 year out——44Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——45Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah5—1 year out——46Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California5—1 year out——47Dine CollegeTsaile, Arizona4—1 year out——48Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California4—1 year out——49Palo Verde CollegeBlythe, California3—1 year out——50Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan3—1 year out——51Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California2—1 year out——52Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California2—1 year out——53San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California2—1 year out——54Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota2—1 year out——55Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi2—1 year out——56University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, Ohio2—1 year out——57Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California1—1 year out——58Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California1—1 year out——59Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut1—1 year out——60St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota1—1 year out——61Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota1—1 year out——62Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico1—1 year out——63Minot State UniversityMinot, North Dakota1—1 year out——64Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 83 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Mary of the Woods, Indiana26$37,6081 year out—$32,294 2City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California104—1 year out——3University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio79—1 year out—$25,240 4Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona56—1 year out——5Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio56—1 year out——6University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin42—1 year out——7Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California39—1 year out——8East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California38—1 year out——9University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii35—1 year out——10Louisiana State University at AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana30—1 year out——11Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico28—1 year out——12Leeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii23—1 year out——13Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico22—1 year out——14Colby Community CollegeColby, Kansas20—1 year out——15Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California19—1 year out——16University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota19—1 year out——17Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida18—1 year out——18University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin18—1 year out—$26,000 19Alliant International University-San DiegoSan Diego, California17—1 year out——20University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota16—1 year out——21Viterbo UniversityLa Crosse, Wisconsin16—1 year out——22Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho15—1 year out——23Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida14—1 year out——24Canada CollegeRedwood City, California11—1 year out——25Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California11—1 year out——26Fresno City CollegeFresno, California11—1 year out——27Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California11—1 year out——28Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana11—1 year out——29Butte CollegeOroville, California10—1 year out——30Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California10—1 year out——31Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio9—1 year out——32Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California8—1 year out——33Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana8—1 year out——34College of the Marshall IslandsMajuro, Marshall Islands8—1 year out——35Chabot CollegeHayward, California7—1 year out——36MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California7—1 year out——37White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire7—1 year out——38Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico6—1 year out——39Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——40Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia6—1 year out——41Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California5—1 year out——42San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California5—1 year out——43Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California5—1 year out——44City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois5—1 year out——45The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana5—1 year out——46Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin5—1 year out——47University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin5—1 year out——48Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California5—1 year out——49Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California4—1 year out——50Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri4—1 year out——51Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon4—1 year out——52Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California4—1 year out——53Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico3—1 year out——54Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio3—1 year out——55Auburn University at MontgomeryMontgomery, Alabama2—1 year out——56American River CollegeSacramento, California2—1 year out——57Citrus CollegeGlendora, California2—1 year out——58Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California2—1 year out——59Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California2—1 year out——60Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California2—1 year out——61College of the SequoiasVisalia, California2—1 year out——62Skyline CollegeSan Bruno, California2—1 year out——63San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California2—1 year out——64Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut2—1 year out——65Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida2—1 year out——66Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan2—1 year out——67Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri2—1 year out——68The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana2—1 year out——69Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire2—1 year out——70Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California1—1 year out——71Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California1—1 year out——72Palo Verde CollegeBlythe, California1—1 year out——73Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California1—1 year out——74Taft CollegeTaft, California1—1 year out——75Yuba CollegeMarysville, California1—1 year out——76Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri1—1 year out——77Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada1—1 year out——78NHTI-Concord's Community CollegeConcord, New Hampshire1—1 year out——79University of RochesterRochester, New York1—1 year out——80Norco CollegeNorco, California1—1 year out——81Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California1—1 year out——82Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——83University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio0—1 year out—$25,240

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).