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General Special Education at Northern Illinois University

General Special Education at Northern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Northern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

NIU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

NIU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU General Special Education Master’s Program

87% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from NIU, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 58
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Northern Illinois 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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