General Special Education at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and approximately 14,769 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.

Wilmington University General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Wilmington University

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

Wilmington University General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Wilmington University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Wilmington University, 72% 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 Wilmington University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	89
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

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 DE, the home state for Wilmington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,090	$61,010
Special Education Professors	270	$64,680
Middle School Special Education Teachers	130	$67,430

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 Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.