General Special Education at Lewis University

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

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and approximately 6,437 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.

Lewis General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Lewis General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis General Special Education Master’s Program

71% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Lewis does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Lewis, 64% were white. This is typical 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 Lewis University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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