General Special Education at George Mason University

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

GMU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at George Mason University.

GMU General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. GMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from GMU, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	137
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,870	$66,790
Special Education Professors	4,110	$61,890
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,150	$72,960
Special Education Teachers	2,220	$78,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	600	$66,470

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.