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General Special Education at Pennsylvania Western University

General Special Education at Pennsylvania Western University

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

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.

PennWest University General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Teaching Students with Disabilities (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at PennWest University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? PennWest University offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

PennWest University General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at PennWest University

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

PennWest University General Special Education Master’s Program

93% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from PennWest University, 84% 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 Pennsylvania Western University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 94
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania Western University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Special Education Professors 8,510 $63,260
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 6,010 $66,860
Middle School Special Education Teachers 2,390 $69,040
Special Education Preschool Teachers 570 $54,160
Special Education Teachers 100 $66,780

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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