General Special Education at California State University - Fresno

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

Fresno State is located in Fresno, California and approximately 25,497 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.

Fresno State General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Fresno State General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Fresno State

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

Fresno State General Special Education Master’s Program

84% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Fresno State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Fresno.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,470	$47,870

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
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