General Special Education at Southeast Missouri State University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at Southeast Missouri State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and has a total student population of 10,001.

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.

Southeast Missouri State 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 Southeast Missouri State 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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Southeast Missouri State University does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Southeast Missouri State University General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Southeast Missouri State University

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

Southeast Missouri State University General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Southeast Missouri State University, 100% 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 Southeast Missouri State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MO, the home state for Southeast Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Special Education Professors	2,890	$48,840
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,680	$54,190
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$51,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	350	$37,510
Special Education Teachers	150	$55,780

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Agathman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.