General Special Education at Roosevelt University

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

Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 4,680 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.

Roosevelt General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Roosevelt General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Roosevelt

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

Roosevelt General Special Education Master’s Program

60% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Roosevelt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Other Special Education & Teaching

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 Roosevelt 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.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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