General Special Education at Clark Atlanta University

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

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,776.

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.

CAU General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

CAU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU General Special Education Master’s Program

43% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. CAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 44% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 44% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,180	$55,160
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,040	$59,410
Special Education Professors	3,410	$58,260
Special Education Teachers	870	$58,010
Special Education Preschool Teachers	220	$52,360

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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