General Special Education at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427.

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.

Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University

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.

Grand Canyon University does offer online education options in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Grand Canyon University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Grand Canyon University, 55% 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 42% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	201
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	477
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,850	$44,590
Special Education Professors	2,390	$50,190
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,560	$44,490
Special Education Teachers	340	$48,850
Special Education Preschool Teachers	310	$42,830

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.